42 And 44, Gallows Hill

Nos. 42 and 44 Gallows Hill is a house with extensions, originally four dwellings now combined into two. It dates from the 16th century or early 17th century, with later extensions added in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and alterations made in the 20th century. The building has a timber frame core with stock brick nogging, and parts are extended in brick, with some areas rendered. It features tiled roofs.

The core consists of two bays, likely an original open hall, located at the rear left, with three additional bays added to the front to form an L-shape. Two more bays were added to the right, along with later extensions to the left front and rear. The house is two storeys high. No. 42 has three timber-framed bays and two brick bays on the ground floor at the front. The entrance is centrally located in the later two-bay section to the right, which has a rendered ground floor and exposed framing on the first floor, along with 20th-century leaded casement windows. There is a ridge stack situated between the two sections.

To the far right, there is a 19th-century bay with a taller ridge, which is rendered. The roof is hipped to the left over the original two-bay rear wing, which is one storey with an attic. There is a catslide roof over a lean-to outshut on the left return, featuring three casements. A large cruciform 17th-century ridge stack is located between the two bays of the rear wing, which is cement rendered. The rear gable end has an entrance with exposed framing above a rendered ground floor. There is a later addition to the left behind the front range, which includes a taller 20th-century extension.

No. 44 is an 18th-century block added to the front left, made of rendered brick, with two bays projecting towards the road, each with separate roofs. The front bay has a lower ridge and is hipped at the front. The entrance is at the front end, with two 19th-century sash windows in reveals and two small casements in the outer left return. The inner right return features an entrance and three and two-light casements, along with a hipped outshut on the right return. The interior has not been inspected.