27, 29 AND 31, STATION ROAD

This is a long, timber-framed house dating to the 17th century. It has been divided into three separate dwellings at numbers 27, 29, and 31 Station Road. The building retains a medieval plan, originally comprising a parlour (number 31), a hall (number 29), and service rooms (number 27), with a cellar located within number 29. The house is two storeys and attics high, topped by a steep roof covered in old tiles, partially hipped. A large, square red brick stack with axial ribs serves numbers 29 and 31, while a smaller stack on the ridge next to number 29 serves number 27. The roof structure is a trussed design with butt-purlins, and a dormer window is located on the rear slope of number 29. The west end of the building is weatherboarded above a brick plinth and features a plastered gable with a modern attic window. The front is plastered and has a pronounced eaves overhang with a plastered soffit. Each of numbers 27 and 29 has a four-panel door with a flat hood supported by shaped brackets, and a sash window to the right. Number 31 has two sash windows, a similar door to the right, and a further window above that door. The windows have box frames with moulded architraves. 6/6 sashes from the 18th century are present on the first floor of numbers 27 and 29, though these have been replaced on the ground floor. Number 31 has 2/2 Victorian sash windows. Internally, axial chamfered beams and exposed posts are visible in number 31. Number 29’s ground floor includes an 18th-century wooden fire surround and cupboard within a large fireplace. Modern rear additions have been made to the property. The house occupies an imposing position on the brow of a hill.