47 And 47A, College Street

47 and 47A College Street is a former shop and house, now used as shop and office premises. It dates from the mid to late 16th century, with later extensions at the rear that are part single-storey and of various dates, including an early 19th-century front. The front range is timber-framed and rendered, while the rear extensions are made from a mix of materials including flint and red brick, with a 20th-century plain tile roof.

The exterior features a two-window range at the front, with 12-pane sash windows in flush cased frames. On the ground floor, there is a small 19th-century shop window with a plain architrave and a projecting moulded cornice, which has a single vertical bar dividing the glazing. The entrance includes a four-panel door, with the top two panels glazed, and a late 20th-century garage door leading to the rear yard.

Inside, the front range has chamfered main cross-beams with curved step stops in the two-bay ground floor room, although part of one bay is now occupied by a side entry. The rear wall has been removed, and a small extension encloses a later chimney stack. On the upper storey, two rooms have been combined by removing the infill between the studs in the partition wall. The studding is widely spaced, and the end truss against No. 46 features deep jowls on the chamfered main posts and long arched braces. The roof is inaccessible.

The rear extensions overlap with part of No. 46, and across the yard are additional outbuildings that structurally belong to the rear of No. 48, creating complex property boundaries. Behind No. 48, there is a derelict two-bay range with a 19th-century exterior in flint and brick, featuring segmental-arched openings for windows and doors, and a 16th-century timber-framed interior with a plain heavy beam-and-joist ceiling. There is also a loft above with a renewed roof, and the inner wall shows the remains of a large open fireplace.