7 And 9, Church Street

The buildings at 7 and 9 Church Street are a house, later used as a shop and restaurant, with origins dating back to the 16th century or earlier. It's thought to have been heated around 1600, and was significantly refloored and extended in the mid to late 17th century. The front was then substantially rebuilt in the early 18th century, with further alterations and extensions occurring in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The building is timber-framed with a brick front, colourwashed and featuring applied timber framing on number 9. It has a tiled roof. Originally a 3-bay open hall, it was originally one storey with an attic. Number 7 has two bays with 20th-century entrances and a shopfront. The first floor has a 2-light casement window and a sash window. Number 9 has one bay with a 20th-century ground floor entrance and window, and features applied timberwork and a gabled half-dormer with a 2-light casement and leaded panes, and bargeboarding. Dentilled brickwork defines the eaves on the right side, and a tile-coped parapet is visible on the left gable. A central axial ridge stack is prominent.

A short wing from the 17th century extends to the rear, with a slightly higher ridge between the two left bays. This wing features a broad, weatherboarded gable with exposed timbers and whitewashed brick nogging. A lower gabled brick wing from the early 19th century is located at the rear of number 9, featuring an external stack and a 16-pane sash window.

Inside, the ground floor features a stop-chamfered binding beam. The roof is a crown post clasped purlin structure supported by curved braces to the tie beams.