32 And 33, Churchgate Street

32 and 33 Churchgate Street is a house that was later divided into two, originally with shops, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, with a front added in the 19th century. The building is timber-framed and faced in old roughcast, topped with a plaintiled roof and a plain wooden eaves cornice.

The exterior features two storeys, attics, and cellars. On the first storey, there are three windows: sash windows with a single vertical glazing-bar in heavily moulded flush frames and projecting sills. There are two flat-headed dormers with two-light casement windows, with small panes on No.32 and plate glass on No.33. The ground storey has two former early 19th-century shop fronts; No.32 has a side door with reeded architrave and a pair of linked sash windows with single vertical glazing-bars in a heavy surround with pilasters and a fascia cornice, while No.33 features a central and a side doorway, each with reeded architraves, and two 16-pane fixed shop windows. At the rear, there is a 17th-century double gable and various later extensions.

Inside, No.32 has cellars beneath the front and rear; the front cellar has one side wall lined with rough stone blocks, with stone and rubble along the front, and a very large ceiling-beam with lodged joists set flat, some of which are reused. The rear cellar has rubble flint and brick walling with a vaulted ceiling of Tudor brick. The two-bay front range has exposed main beams and wallplates, with jowled main posts, old oak floorboards, and boarded attics. An early 19th-century rear extension includes a sash window and a corner fireplace.

The interior of No.33 is divided into two halves, with the western part dating to the early 17th century, similar to No.32. The eastern half is older, featuring a very fine early 16th-century main beam exposed on the ground storey, which has multiple roll-moulding and leaf stops. This beam extends through the end wall of No.33 into No.34, indicating a historical overlap between the two properties, which are believed to have once formed a single building.