The Lemon Tree

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TQ 8833 1/9

HIGH STREET (South Side) Nos 29-33 (The Lemon Tree)

(Formerly listed as Nos 29, 31 & 33)

8.5.50.

GV II*

A C15 to C16 timber-framed house. Two storeys close-studded with plaster infill. The first floor overhangs on the protruding end of the floor joists and curved brackets. It originally had a recessed centre but this was jettied across in the C16 when the open hall was roofed over. Four windows. Hipped tiled roof. The first floor has C17 casement windows with small square panes and a moulded wooden stringcourse beneath them. Modern ground floor windows. Original four-centred doorcase in frame surmounted by embattlementation and with carved quatrefoils in the spandrels. Another plain doorway at the west end of the front. The side elevation has a curved brace exposed and weatherboarded extensions. Some contemporary panelling inside.

All the listed buildings on the South side from Nos 17 to 57 form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ8842633328