27, Pickford Road

This is a house located at 27 Pickford Road, which dates from the 17th century or earlier, with a brick front added in the early 18th century and 19th-century bay windows. The house features exposed timber framing in the gable ends, with red brick infill, and a chequered red and blue brick front in Flemish bond. The rear wing is covered with weatherboarding, and there is a long timber-framed outhouse at the back. The steep roofs are covered with old red tiles.

The house is two stories with attics and faces north, featuring a two-story gabled rear wing and a long single-story outhouse. The front is symmetrical with two windows and a central door that is accessed by two stone steps. There is a plat-band and a wooden eaves cornice. The first floor has recessed sash windows with plate glass sashes and plastered reveals. The ground floor has rectangular sashed bay windows that are connected by a hipped tiled pentice roof supported by brackets, which also shelters the five-panel flush-beaded door with a glazed top panel in a heavy frame, set under a segmental arch. A small window is located in the north gable, and there is a dormer on the rear roofslope. The layout consists of two cells with an internal chimney and a lobby entry plan.