36, Whiting Street

No. 36 Whiting Street is a house dating from the 15th century, with later alterations and extensions at the rear. It features a timber-framed structure with a roughcast exterior and applied mock timbering, topped by a plaintiled roof. The building has two storeys, a cellar, and attics, and includes two bays of an open hall. The exterior has a two-window range, with 2-light casement windows featuring a single bar on the first storey and small-paned sash windows in flush cased frames on the ground storey. A six-panel door is set within a wood doorcase that has a moulded architrave and pediment.

Inside, a small cellar beneath the rear extensions has one wall made of large kidney flints, while the rest is lined with brick. The interior showcases good studding that is partly exposed. The crown-post roof is notable for being lightly smoke blackened, featuring a crown post with a short octagonal shaft and moulded cap and base, braced in four directions at the head. A second layer of rafters has been added over the original roof. At attic level, there is slightly smoke-blackened plaster between the studs of the north wall. The crown-post rests on a heavily cambered tie beam, which is ogee moulded and has chamfered solid arched braces that meet at the centre with a short blocking piece. The north end wall only has the tie-beam and one surviving long arched brace, indicating that the house may have been built against an earlier structure.

A chimney stack was inserted at the upper end of the hall, serving both No. 36 and No. 38, which was formerly the cross-wing associated with the open hall but is now separately occupied. The open fireplace features a damaged timber lintel, and the brickwork shows remnants of original mortar. The inserted ceiling includes heavy chamfered cross-beams and plain unchamfered joists set flat.