Strangers Club

TG 2308 NW ELM HILL (north-west side) 16/309 26.2.54 Nos. 22 and 24 (Strangers Club) GV II* Former use not known, now club. C16 and later. Timber frame. Ground floor rendered; exposed close studding with herringbone red-brick infill at first floor. Pantiled roof. Brick chimney (rebuilt). 2 storeys with cellar to right. First-floor jetty. 6 first-floor windows. Left carriage entrance to Crown Alley has finely carved bressummer also bearing merchant's mark and arms of the Mercers Company. 2 identical Tudor-style doors with ribs and iron studs in moulded surrounds, flank two large windows which have moulded mullions and transoms (heavily restored) of 6 and 10 leaded lights respectively. The larger window is reputed to have been re-set from the first floor. 2 smaller diamond - lattice C20 casements to right and left and others on first floor. Projecting C16 timber-framed wing to rear has gable-end brick chimney, 2-centred arch and a mullioned and transomed casement. The interior has moulded beams and a fireplace introduced from elsewhere.

Listing NGR: TG2320708876