Pickwick House

Pickwick House, now divided into two houses, dates back to the 15th century and has undergone alterations in the late 15th or early 16th century, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The exterior is stuccoed, scored to resemble ashlar, and incorporates some timber framing. It has a plain tile roof and brick stacks. The house is two stories high with cellars and has three bays; two bays on the left are narrower and incorporate a 15th-century two-bay open hall with a floor inserted in the late 15th or early 16th century. The right bay is likely from the 17th century. There are two rear wings, believed to be from the 18th century (to No. 64) and 17th century (to No. 66), with 20th-century additions that are not of particular interest.

The roadside elevation features two cellar windows, with steps leading to a part-glazed door (to No. 66) set in a deep reveal with a raised surround and console-bracketed cornice. There is a mid-19th century four-pane sash window to the left, with two smaller four-pane sashes above. The right bay incorporates an early to mid-19th century tripartite window with a twelve-pane sash flanked by four-pane sashes on each floor; the ground floor windows are hooded. A moulded eaves band runs along the top of the front elevation. The roof has a higher ridge over the right bay, and truncated and end stacks are present. A late-20th century twelve-pane sash windows are on each floor of the left return, with a hoodmould over the ground floor window. A late 18th century wooden door is set within an architrave featuring pilasters with fluted capitals, a frieze, and a dentil pediment. A fire insurance plaque is located to the left of the door. The wing on the right has a twelve-pane sash window to the first floor and a hipped roof at the right end.

Inside No. 66, there are late 18th century stud and brick partition walls and a brick chimney with a fireplace on each floor. A late 15th or early 16th century floor is visible, featuring large-scant joists, closely set, indicating its original structure. The first floor reveals exposed timber framing, including heavily-jowelled wall posts, studs, long arched braces, a central arch-braced collared truss with moulding, a moulded tie-beam supporting a central post that in turn supports the collar, clasped through purlins, arched wind braces, and timbers bearing signs of soot. The rear wing exhibits exposed timber framing and includes a spine-beam with mortices indicating a former attic floor; most of the rafters have been replaced, though two original pairs remain, marked with a carpenter's mark.