63 And 65, St Johns Street

63 and 65 St John's Street is a house that was later divided into three sections and is now a pair of shops with storage above. It dates from the 16th and 17th centuries, with a front added in the 19th century. The building is timber-framed and rendered, featuring a jettied front and a steeply-pitched slate roof.

The exterior has two storeys, attics, and cellars, with a three-window range facing St John's Street. The windows are sashes without glazing bars in flush cased frames. There is a single sash window without glazing bars on the first storey of the gable end and a tripartite sash at the apex of the gable. The jetty ends are covered by coving. The building has three separate shop fronts, with two located at No.63. There are three entrance doors: two near the south end and one in the north-west corner.

Inside, there are two brick-lined cellars beneath No.63. The two 16th-century bays to the right of the front originally formed one room but are now divided by the open truss line between Nos 63 and 65. The southernmost bay (No.63) features cross-beams on the ground-storey ceiling with double ogee mouldings. The beam below the open truss, now aligned with the partition wall, is supported by small shallow arched braces with hollow chamfer mouldings. On the first storey, the rear main post of the truss has a long jowl and heavy arched brace. The attic is plastered. A small rear wing lacks visible original features.

In No.65, the partition wall with No.63 has plank-and-muntin panelling on the ground storey, while the first storey is faced with square Jacobean panelling. The end bay on the left is a later 17th-century addition with a thick dividing wall, likely of flint rubble, which has been partly removed for access. On the first storey, there is a contrast in framing between the two bays, with the added bay featuring long straight primary braces and bisected studs, as well as signs of window alterations on the rear wall. The attics are plastered. Additionally, there is a two-storey 18th-century cottage with an internal chimney at the rear, which was likely originally divided into two and now forms part of the premises of No.63, though it contains no visible features of interest.