42A And 42B, High Street

42A and 42B on High Street is a house that has been divided into two dwellings. It dates back to the early 14th century, with extensions from the 15th century and later alterations. The building features a stone rubble plinth, irregular timber-framing with tension braces, and rendered infill. The roof is thatched, with an old plain-tile hipped roof on the cross-wing. There is a stone-based brick ridge stack to the left of the center and another brick ridge stack on the cross-wing.

The structure has a single-ended hall-house plan, is one storey high with an attic, and consists of a three-bay range with a two-storey, three-bay cross-wing to the left. There is a flank door on the left side of the main range, and the windows are irregularly arranged casements.

Although the interior was not inspected, it is noted that the west range has a chamber-bay at the west end, which was originally single-storeyed. This area features a partition truss with a tie-beam and dragon-ties, along with queen posts supporting the arcade plates and a central crown-post. The next two bays were an open hall, with a central arch-braced base-cruck truss that has a single tie and crown post above, featuring chamfers and roll strips, as well as curved square four-way braces. A brick and stone stack has been inserted into the smoke-bay. The arcade plates end in an aisled-end truss, with the bases of the queen-posts embedded in the wall of the wing and bevelled to imitate stone corbels. The cross-wing has a crown-post roof and was originally jettied, with dragon-ties at the former corners. The original bargeboards at the north end still display cinquefoil decoration.