37-41, HIGH STREET

C16. Originally two timber-framed houses of which the left-hand house now includes No 37 and 1 bay of No 39, and the right-hand house includes No 41 and two bays of No 39. No 37/39 is of two storeys with the upper floor jettied on the street side and at the north end. On the ground floor is a modern shop, with a carriageway to the right. On the first floor are three sash windows, with glazing bars. The upper floor and the north gable end are stuccoed. Roof tiled, of tie-beam, queen-strut and collar construction. At the back of No 37, facing East Lane, is a two-storeyed,timber-framed extension with a jettied upper floor and pantiled roof. No 39/41 is also of two storeys, upper floor jettied on the street front. Modern shops to ground floor. 4 windows to each floor. No 39 is stuccoed. No 41 weather-boarded. The roof is tiled, hipped at each end with gablets. No 41 extends back three bays from the street, with a fourth, modern bay at the east end. The main storeys of this house have been much altered but the roof remains intact, with king and queen strut construction. There may originally have been a smoke bay. No 41, probably originally the service wing is separately roofed. The roof is of tie-beam, crown-post, collar-plate and collar construction.

Listing NGR: TQ1780168905

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/02/2016