32, Bridge Street

32 Bridge Street is a house dating from the early 16th century, with an early 19th-century rear addition and 20th-century renovations. It features a timber-framed and plastered structure with a brick and slate roof, arranged in a rectangular plan over two storeys.

The front elevation has a continuous jetty supported by exposed end brackets, a bressumer, and joists concealed by a fascia board. The facade includes early 20th-century raised pargetted rough-cast panels. On the ground floor, there are two triple sash windows with configurations of 1x4, 3x4, and 1x4 panes, along with a boarded door. The first floor has two sash windows with moulded architraves and glazing bars, each with 4x4 panes, and a central early 19th-century stack.

The rear elevation features a 19th-century two-storey addition, with a brick ground floor and timber-framed upper section, all rendered. The low-pitched roof is taken back to the apex of the original street range and includes two windows. The ground floor has one three-light and one two-light 20th-century casement window, along with a 20th-century door with upper and lower plain glazing. The first floor contains two early 19th-century sash windows with moulded architraves and glazing bars, also with 4x4 panes.

Inside, the house has two bays with flat-laid ground floor ceiling joists that have reduced tenons. An axial joist in the northern bay shows evidence of an original partition. The northern end wall features an external tension brace and a stair trap at the rear. The roof includes simple two-way braced crown-posts and a collar purlin, while the roof of the rear addition is simply laid over the older steeper roof pitch. There are two ground floor fireplaces that have been somewhat restored but still retain segment heads with supporting iron bands.