7, High Street

LENHAM HIGH STREET TQ 8952 (east side)

10/165 No. 7 26.4.68. GV II

House and possibly shop. Early C18, possibly with earlier core. Red brick with occasional grey headers in Flemish bond. Plain tile roof. Double depth. Front section on ground floor divided into one large room with narrow room to right. Rear section probably one room, with stairs partitioned off against left wall and stack to right. 2 storeys, attic and cellar. Roof of front section half-hipped to left. Rear elevation has 2 adjacent hips. Rear brick stack to right. Central gabled dormer. Regular 3-window front of glazing-bar sashes. 3-light late C19 shop window to left of ground floor. Recessed central door of 4 fielded and 2 flush panels, with panelled architrave, up 4 steps. Doorcase with pilasters with narrow sunk panels bearing flat bracketted hood. Rear elevation has central door with flush panels and flat bracketted hood, up 4 steps, with railing to one side. Interior: Plain C18 sunk panelling to ground floor. Front right-hand room on ground floor also has shutters, dado rail and moulded cornice. Iron grates. Side purlin roof. Rear section slightly lower than front, with wall-plates morticed for studs.

Listing NGR: TQ8982152125