Gatehouse

EYE

TM1473 CHURCH STREET 585-1/7/67 (South side) Nos.34, 36 AND 38 Gatehouse (No.34)

GV II

3 houses. Early C16, remodelled mid C19. Plastered and colourwashed timber frame. Slate roof. 2 storeys on tarred brick plinth. 6-window range. Carriageway to extreme right, with double C19 timber doors. Room above lit through a 2-light casement set within recessed 4-centred panel, with a timber apron below intended for tradesman's nameplate. Remainder of facade with 3 panelled doors set within timber doorcases with hoods supported on scrolled consoles. Fenestration of ground floor alternates uniformly between three 3-light casements and two 2-light casements, all under hoods on label stops. Five 2-light casements to first floor, also with hoods on label stops. Shallow-pitch gabled roof. 2 ridge stacks and one internal gable-end stack to west. INTERIOR: timber frame of heavy scantling, with jowled principal posts and chamfered bridging beams. Early C16 crown post roof truncated in mid C19 at purlin level, leaving mortices for former arched braces.

Listing NGR: TM1474273865