Abbey View And Abbey House

Three houses, now forming a communicating annex to The Abbey Hotel, with origins in the 16th century, though significantly altered and with an 18th-century brick facade. The buildings have machine tile roofs. Number 12 is two storeys high and three bays wide. A door is located to the left, within a glazed timber porch. To the right is a late 18th-century bay with glazing bars to the casements. A moulded platband runs between the floors. Three two-light casements illuminate the first floor. A timber modillion eaves cornice sits below a bell-shaped gabled roof. An internal gable-end stack is located to the west. A later two-storey gabled cross wing extends to the rear. Numbers 14 and 16 are also two storeys high. Panelled doors are situated to the right and left, the former with a reeded doorcase and the latter with a panelled doorcase. To the left of each door is a three-light early 19th-century metal casement set within a segmental arch. To the right of the left door is a smaller doorway. Four two-light iron casements provide light to the first floor. A timber modillion eaves cornice is present below a bell-shaped gabled roof pitched lower than that of Number 12. A central ridge stack features triple diamond flues, with an internal gable-end stack to the west. The east wall of Number 12 reveals exposed studwork and a blocked door, suggesting the prior existence of a range of buildings to the east. A ground floor west room contains multiple-rolled early 16th-century bridging beams and a wall plate. Number 14 features a wide fireplace, chamfered bridging beams and plain joists. Number 16 incorporates a similar exposed fireplace and boxed bridging beams.