5 And 6, Church Street

Nos 5 and 6 Church Street date to circa 1670, with a front to the building dated 1640. They are a three-storey and attic structure, built of brick (the ground floor has been colour-washed), with a string course at the first-floor level, a moulded string above the first-floor windows, and a heavy, moulded, modillioned eaves cornice. The building has an old tile roof. The design is symmetrical, comprising the main body and two flanking, narrow, rectangular bays over the entrances. The main building has one hipped dormer window to the left and a modern dormer to the right, with four windows on the upper floors. The first-floor window on the left hand side has heavy sash windows dating from the early 18th century.

No. 5 has a late 18th-century shop front on the ground floor, consisting of a half-glazed door to the left and a small bow window to the right. The shop front features a bracket under, a plain frieze, and a small cornice. No. 6 has two windows on the ground floor. The flanking bays are timber-framed and roughcast, projecting approximately 4 feet, and are two storeys high. They are supported on heavy, elaborately carved console brackets with a moulded beam round the soffit. The main cornice is carried around these bays and each has a small hipped roof covered in old tiles. Each bay features one narrow window on the second floor and one tall, narrow window on the first floor. These windows have architraves with enriched mouldings.

No. 5 has a six-panelled door, with the upper panels glazed, and a four-pane rectangular fanlight above. The door is flanked by panelled pilasters that support the console brackets. No. 6 has an eight-panelled door and a four-paned fanlight above. The pilasters supporting the brackets and the soffit beams have enriched mouldings. The building is U-shaped on plan, with two gabled wings facing St Albans Street, constructed using timber framing and plaster. A central chimney stack is in the main roof and there are irregular 18th-century windows facing inward onto the wings. Nos 4 to 7, Church Rooms (Nos 12 and 13), and the cobble sets in Church Street form a group.