58-60, HIGH STREET

This property comprises three houses, 58 to 60 High Street, Fareham, which have undergone significant changes over time. Numbers 58 and 59 likely originated in the early 17th century or earlier, with substantial refronting in the 18th century and refurbishment in the early 19th century. Number 60 appears to be an early 19th-century addition. Numbers 58 and 59 are timber-framed structures with a painted brick facade and a tiled roof, while number 60 is constructed of painted brick. A large, centrally positioned, end chimney stack with early 19th-century ceramic chimney pots is a prominent feature.

The front elevation of numbers 58 and 59 has a modillion cornice. Early 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars are present. A Union fire plaque is affixed to the first floor of number 58. The ground floor of number 58 features a plank door on the left side and an early 19th-century curved bay shop window with a flush-panelled 19th-century door, with glazed upper panels. Number 59 has a tripartite cambered arched window and an early 19th-century square bay shop window, alongside a six-fielded panelled door with glazed upper panels. Number 60 is of a lower elevation, featuring a plinth and brickwork in a header bond. It has a tripartite window on the first floor and a curved bay shop window with a four-panelled door set within a moulded architrave on the ground floor. The rear elevation shows three cambered tripartite windows to the first floor and features a cambered doorcase with a wide 18th-century door. An attached two-story 18th-century brick washhouse, constructed with header brickwork, plank doors, and casement windows, is also present.

The interior of number 59 contains a 17th-century open fireplace with a wooden bressumer, chamfered spine beams, and floor joists on the ground floor front. Number 58 exhibits an exposed spine beam in the front ground floor room, alongside upright posts and visible wattle and daub. An upper rear room in number 59 contains a wall painting depicting grapes and flowers, such as roses and tulips, the artwork potentially dating from around 1630 or 1731. The first floor includes 18th-century wooden panelled partitions, two early 19th-century winder staircases, and plank doors. The front ground floor room of number 58 has an early 19th-century wooden fireplace with reeded architrave and paterae, and a china cupboard with serpentine shelves. A simpler early 19th-century fireplace and a plank door are found in the rear room. The rear range of numbers 58 and 59 dates to the 18th century, featuring angled queenstruts, purlins, pegged rafters, and no ridgepiece. The roof of the front range, which was not inspected, is reportedly relatively modern.

This is a timber-framed building of at least early 17th-century origin, with alterations and features dating from the 18th and early 19th centuries, including a potentially significant 17th or 18th-century wall painting.