9 London Street

A pair of houses dating to around the late C17 and converted into a shop and flat in the C20.

MATERIALS: the building is constructed of cut and partly knapped flint with red brick dressings and a pantile roof.

PLAN: the building faces west onto London Street. It has an approximately square plan.

EXTERIOR: the two-storey building is three window bays wide under a gabled roof which has three gabled dormers fitted with two-light casements. There are internal gable-end chimney stacks to the right and left and a dentil eaves cornice. The first floor has a platband and there are three six-over-six pane unhorned sash windows. The entrance is set left of centre and is a half-glazed door within a timber doorcase. The site of the former door is located immediately to the right and is now a two-over-two pane horned sash window. To the right of this is another two-over-two pane horned sash window. To the left of the doorway is a six-over-six pane unhorned sash window.

INTERIOR: on the ground floor the south room has a chamfered bridging beam with tongue stops and replaced joists and a blocked inglenook fireplace. The front first-floor rooms have been opened into a single space. The roof was replaced around 1800 and it has principal rafters in two tiers with taper-tenoned butt purlins and collars.