Shem Nichols

House. Dating from the late 17th century, this timber-frame house has a stuccoed ground floor and plaster with varied basketwork pargetting above a weatherboarded apron. It has a steep roof covered in old red tiles. The building is one and a half storeys high with a cellar, arranged with three rooms and a lobby-entry plan, facing onto the street. A central chimney is located a third of the way from the eastern end, supporting axial beams for the floors. The front has two windows on either side of a half-glazed, four-panel door raised up steps and sheltered by a hood supported on cut brackets. Flush casement windows are present, while a gable dormer illuminates the west room and the chamber above, both lit from the gable. Inside, exposed joists are visible, alongside chamfered beams with curve-and-notch stops. A 19th-century parlour chimney was built backing onto the central stack, which also heats the hall. A face-halved bladed scarf joint is visible in the front wallplate. The house was associated with Shem Nicholls, a cooper, in the early 20th century.