34 AND 36, ELM HILL

A building of uncertain former use, now a shop and house, dating back to the 16th century with significant remodelling in the mid-18th century. The ground floor is constructed of flint with stone and brick dressings; the first floor is rendered. The roof is tiled with pantiles, featuring one ridge and two gable-end chimneys, some of which are rendered and repaired. The building is two storeys high, with an attic and cellar, and the first floor has a jetty. There are nine windows on the first floor.

The ground floor is divided into two parts, flanking a carriage arch that leads to Roaches Court. The left part (No. 34) has a central door with six raised and fielded panels, a fanlight with radial scalloped glazing bars, panelling to the reveals, a moulded architrave with pilasters and fluted capitals. It is flanked by pairs of sash windows with glazing bars and wooden architraves, which partially conceal brick and stone dressings. Smaller windows to the left and right have chamfered brick surrounds with moulded wooden frames and vertical iron glazing bars. The right part (No. 36) has a door with six flush panels, a fanlight with radial scalloped glazing bars, and rusticated pilasters. It also has two windows similar to those in No. 34, alongside traces of a blocked window with stone dressings.

The first floor has sash windows with glazing bars, one with horns. There is a fascia cornice and a stone kneeler to the right gable. Four flat-roofed dormers have glazing bar sashes, and one skylight is present.

Internally, No. 34 features fireplaces, arched recesses, and late 16th century moulded ceiling beams on the first floor. The undercroft is of brick, with a pointed barrel vaulted chamber extending beneath the pavement from a mid-18th century cellar, which likely represents remains of a larger undercroft.