12, East Street

This is a house, likely dating to around 1700, which underwent refurbishment in the early to mid-19th century, with further enlargement in the 20th century at the rear. It is timber-framed and plastered, set on a brick plinth, and has a peg-tiled roof. The building follows a rectangular plan, consisting of a street-facing range and a full-length rear addition. A 19th-century chimney stack is centrally positioned.

The front, north elevation is symmetrical, originally a two-window range with a central door and chimney, though the ground level has been altered, placing these features on a high brick plinth. A 20th-century entry is now located on the east side, alongside a conservatory. The central doorway features a simple cornice hood with restrained flat pilasters, cable decoration, and refined capitals. The door itself is 20th century, with a four-by-three-pane design. The windows have moulded architraves and two-light casements, with four-by-four panes. Above, two dormer windows are present, with boarded gables and stepped bargeboards, each containing a two-light casement window with a four-by-three-pane design. An east-end entry doorway is situated within a flat brick garden wall, leading to a weatherboarded lean-to conservatory. The west side elevation, facing Tanners Way, is elevated above the lane and features a gable with stepped bargeboards, with a protruding rear wall plate. A high garden wall runs along this side, abutting a lower extension of brick and cobble panel. The east-end elevation also has a gable with stepped bargeboards, showcasing an upper 19th-century two-light casement window with a four-by-three-pane design and a 20th-century entry door with upper glazing, also within a lean-to conservatory porch.

The rear, south elevation incorporates a long, simple range with a central stack and a low-pitched slate roofed lean-to. A colourwashed brick lean-to wall is present. Three 20th-century casement windows are visible: one three-light, one two-light with four-by-two panes, and one single-light. A set-back lean-to conservatory with boarded walls and a large three-light fixed window is located on the east side.

The interior retains a simple two-celled central chimney system and a staircase positioned behind the stack. Original features include unjowled posts and primary braced walling. The blank west end wall reveals a simple sill of an original high window, similar to that at the east end. Remnants of original upper flooring are partly removed to create an open space from top to bottom. There are no original fireplaces. Originally, the rear addition only extended to the east end, but it was expanded to its current full length in the 20th century.