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WATTON-AT-STONE HIGH STREET TL 3019 (Northeast side) Watton-at-Stone 9/175 - Nos. 87, 89, and 89A (shop) GV II

House, extended, now 2 dwellings and a shop. Early to mid C16, extended and probably floored and heated later C16 or early C17. Extended to rear in C19. Timber frame with pargetted rendering. Stock brick addition. Tiled roofs, machine tiles to rear. Originally an open hall with a projecting lower cross wing, now 1 storey and attic. 2 cell, 2 storey jettied block added at upper end. Entrance with fanlight to right of hall range. Ground floor 4 light small pane flush frame casement with hoodboard. Above this a later 3 light casement in a gabled dormer. Ridge stack inserted at lower end of hall, cap rebuilt. Lower cross wing projects to right with a lower ridge. Originally jettied to front, underbuilt in stock brick with a small pane shop window with an entrance to left. First floor 2 light casement, exposed plates and purlins. To left is taller 2 cell addition. Stone steps up to 4 panelled door with fanlight and architrave to right of centre, flanking 2 light casements. Jettied first floor on curved brackets, 1 cut and 2 removed, 2 and 3 light casements. Left end C17 external stack, multiform with offsets, ground floor stock brick casing with a 2 light casement, first floor single lights, exposed purlins, cement render to rear. To rear of hall and later block is a C19 stock brick continuous lean-to outshut with a catslide roof. Right end has a low C19 lean-to outshut with an entrance to front and in return, 3 light casement above in right return. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TL3014619350