21 And 23, West Street

WEST STREET 1. 5231 Nos 21 and 23 SU 5806 SW 1/84

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Early C17 small three-bay house later divided into two and extended behind. Timber frame with wattle and daub filling. Front rendered with moulded cornice and blocking course before clay tiled roof with brick chimney. Two storeys, three windows, sashes on first floor, one with glazing bars. Ground floor late C19 and modern shops. Interior of No 21 shows baffle entry with large brick stack and stairs in original position behind. Heavy chamfered beam with stepped tongued stops in central room. visableframing includes posts, jowled at angles, plates and ties. Some external framing visible in outshut. Roof of claspedthrough - purlin type with principal rafters reduced above purlin. Triple queen post trusses. Rafters halved at apex. Wind braces and longer diagonal braces at corners. Good small Roman carpenters' marks on rafters, which continue above No 23 although its other timber is concealed. Original thick plank floors.

Listing NGR: SU5814006219