34, The Street

No. 34 on The Street is a house that dates back to the 15th century, with alterations made in the early 17th century and extensions added in the early 19th century. The building has two storeys and features a timber-framed structure that is rendered, with extensions made of flint. The roofs are covered with plain tiles. There are two internal chimney stacks, one made of red brick and the other of white brick, both with plain shafts. The windows are small-paned casements that were added in the 20th century.

The original house consists of four bays and follows a typical three-cell medieval layout, which includes a two-bay hall flanked by two storied ends. At the north end, the former service area was divided into two sections, but the partition wall has been removed, and the end wall of the hall has been taken out. There are rebates and housings for diamond-mullioned windows in the gable wall, along with a blocked stair trap in the ceiling. Remnants of cross-entry doorways can be seen, with a later hall chimney stack inserted that backs onto the cross-entry.

At the south end, the former parlour contains a blocked stair trap, and the partition wall at the upper end of the hall shows the remains of two doorheads. A second chimney stack has been inserted at the south end of the timber-framed range. When the hall was ceiled over, the outer walls were raised, and a new roof was added. The only remaining part of the 15th-century roof is a section of the open truss that once spanned the hall. The inserted hall ceiling features a main beam and joists that are set flat and finished with a plain chamfer. The timber ceilings are exposed, and much of the wall framing is visible, including tension braces that are halved against the studs in the one surviving partition wall.

There is a two-storey extension at the south end, which is dated 1820 on the fireplace that backs up against the parlour stack. This extension is constructed of black knapped flint with red brick rusticated dressings. It features small-paned sash windows in flush frames and a door located in the gable wall.