227, Deptford High Street

No. 227 Deptford High Street is a house, shop, and bakehouse built between 1791 and 1792 for Thomas Palmer, a baker. It underwent further improvements in 1801-2 and 1822-3, likely including the rear bakehouse. The building is constructed of stock brick, with part of it painted, and features a steep pitched hipped roof that is pantiled at the front and slated at the rear. There are prominent brick stacks on the left party wall. The structure has three storeys and cellars, with a two-room plan that includes a median partition wall and a winder stair in a stair box leading from the cellar to the upper floor.

The shop front dates from the 19th century and has a window that is largely obscured, situated beneath a triple overlight, with an entrance to the right that features a replaced glazed door beneath a blocked overlight. The upper floors each have a pair of recessed sash windows with glazing bars; the first floor has 3x4 panes and the second floor has 3x2 panes, all under flat brick arches, with rendered cills on the second floor. The rear ground floor has a slated lean-to, and the upper floors each have a single opening, with the first floor lacking a window and the second floor featuring a replaced 2x2 pane sash.

Inside, the cellar contains kitchens with a large fireplace, which was fitted with a grate in 1998, and storage behind. The ground floor includes the shop and a former chamber behind it. The first floor has principal chambers, with a closet in between. The front room features a moulded dado, likely from the late 18th century, along with a later cornice and picture rail. The rear room is simply panelled, with a mantelpiece and a flanking clothes cupboard that has a door and hanging rail. The upper floor's rear room is partially panelled, with a cupboard next to the fireplace. The winder stair in the panelled stair box leads from the cellar to the second floor.

At the rear, there are later additions that include the former bakehouse, which has a brick base and a timber frame. The west end was rebuilt in brick in the late 19th century, and the softwood roof has been partially rebuilt using reused timbers. The walls and roof are clad in asbestos, with a canted weatherboarded section adjacent to the house. The bakehouse is two storeys high and features a winder stair at the northeast corner, along with an oven that was noted in 1998.