43 High Street

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 19 February 2024 to amend the name, address and reformat the text to current standards

TQ 8833 1/10

HIGH STREET (South Side) No 43 (Hoof & Hook)

(Formerly listed as No 43 (The Eight Bells Inn))

8.5.50.

GV II

A C15 timber-framed building refronted in the C18 but with the timbering still visible in the side facing Bells Lane. The front elevation is of two storeys and attic painted brick. Cornice and parapet. Three sashes with glazing bars missing. Two small bay windows on ground and first floors. Modern public house front on ground floor between them. The building extends back a long way and on the east side the first floor projects on the protruding ends of the floor joists and curved brackets with a moulded bressumer at the north end of this front. The north corner of the first floor is studded but the ground floor below it and the whole of the rest of this side is now fronted with weatherboarding. Modern casement windows.

The rear elevation has a portion with two gables and Venetian windows and there is also a weatherboarded stable.

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

Listing NGR: TQ8838633301