Ancient House Oak House

Ancient House (No. 33A) and Oak House (No. 33B) are two houses that were originally built in the 15th century and later refaced in the 18th century. They are located on a corner site and feature a half-H shape with a central range and two gabled, jettied cross-wings. The timber-framed structure has some exposed timbering but is mainly rendered, with plaintiles on the roof.

The eastern wing is jettied on two sides, supported by a moulded bressumer with five brackets that have moulded capitals and shafts, and a corner-post that bears a damaged figure of an angel. The upper storey of the north-east end has a small section with close studding exposed. Each gable has pierced and fluted 19th-century bargeboards topped with spike finials. The centre wall has been raised above the original wallplate level.

The houses are two storeys high with attics. The front features irregularly spaced 12-pane sash windows: three in the upper storey and five in the ground storey on the Eastgate Street side, and three in the upper storey on Barn Lane, all in flush cased frames. The Ancient House has a four-panel door with a moulded architrave and a flat cornice hood on shaped brackets. Oak House has a panelled door on the Barn Lane side, flanked by two narrow windows. The interior has not been inspected.