29 AND 31, MAIN ROAD

29 and 31 Main Road, also known as No. 1 Church Close, is a row of three houses built in the mid-17th century. The buildings feature a rendered base, large timber framing, and brick infill arranged in a herringbone pattern, topped with an old plain-tile roof and brick stacks. They are two storeys high with an attic and have a six-window range, including a cross-wing on the right.

The entrance includes plank doors located to the left, left of center, and right of center. There are angled bays supported by brackets with ovolo moulded wood mullions on the left, left of center, right of center, and at the end of the cross-wing. The first floor has a jetty with shaped and carved main brackets, a two-light wood mullion window to the left, and three two-light wood mullion windows to the right. Additional angled bays with ovolo moulded wood mullions and false gables are found at the center and left of center. The cross-gables feature banded fishscale tile-hanging and two-light wood casements, with the gable end of the cross-wing on the right also displaying banded fishscale tile-hanging and a two-light wood casement. A gabled full dormer is located on the left, with an end stack to the left, a shaped ridge stack at the center, and a ridge stack to the right of center.

Inside No. 1 Church Close, there is a straight flight staircase with winders, ovolo moulded spine beams with decorative end stops on both the ground and first floors, and an open fireplace on the first floor left of center featuring a rendered-brick chamfered Tudor arch and a fragmentary arabesque wall painting above.