Bowers House

Bowers House, now three houses, dates primarily from the early and late 18th century, with a substantial timber-frame core dating back to the 16th century, possibly incorporating a late medieval hall. It has a plain tile roof. The façade features a tripartite arrangement of flush sash windows, with a 3:5:2 window layout. The building is two storeys high with attics. The central section is clad in early 18th-century vitrified brick, with gauged red brick window heads. The upper-floor windows are accentuated by rubbed brick aprons with scalloped soffits. A circa 1800 door features fielded and glazed panels and a bracketed hood. The southern block shares similar detailing and includes a hipped dormer; the northern block is constructed of late 18th-century brick with chequered patterning to the upper aprons. A large red brick chimney stack, a prominent feature, is located between the southern and central sections, incorporating two square, one polygonal, and one circular shaft, the last with a cut brick spiral pattern. The rear elevation exhibits two projecting gable ends, with the southern gable featuring an early 18th-century stair turret encased in later 18th-century brickwork. A 17th-century lateral stack is visible on the rear centre, with two joined shafts. Originally, the house comprised two parts flanking the main stack. Both original parts retain 16th-century moulded bearers, and the southern section was initially jettied on both sides. A first-floor room to the south of the entrance passage contains a notable 16th-century stone fireplace surround with a roll-moulded four-centre arch. A fine open-well staircase boasts triplets of plain-shafted balusters to each tread. The building's original form consisted of two sections, situated on either side of the central stack.