8 And 8A, Quarry Street

House, now divided and converted into offices, dating from the late 15th/early 16th century, with substantial alterations in the late 17th/early 18th century and further extensions in the 19th century. It was restored in the early 20th century by M. H. Baillie-Scott. The house is timber framed and sits on chalk block cellar and lower ground floor walls. The right hand return front has whitewashed render infilling to the exposed frame, while the front facade has colourwashed rendered cladding and a plain tiled roof with tile hanging to the gable end on the right. The building is two storeys and attics, with a basement/cellar to the rear where the ground slopes away. Stacks are located to the rear left of centre on the front range and to the rear of the extensions. The front incorporates two segmentally-headed dormer windows with 12 panes of glazing bar, situated over a bold modillioned eaves cornice. The first floor has irregular fenestration, with two segmentally-headed early 18th century 12-pane glazing-bar sash windows to the left, and one to the right. The ground floor has one fixed glazing-bar window to the left, and two sash windows to the right, one with 12 panes and the other with 16. A six-panel door is located to the right of centre, set within an Ionic pilaster surround featuring a deep frieze and a shallow flat hood. The right hand return front, facing Rosemary Alley, displays an exposed frame and shows an early 18th century addition to the top storey, featuring tension bracing on the first floor and irregular casement fenestration. A parallel gable to the right is jettied on the first floor with one casement window to each of two floors and a sash window to the right, alongside a muntin panelled door on the ground floor. The rear has a projecting gable end with a plat band over the ground floor, and a further set-back gable featuring bands of fishscale tiling and a leaded, square oriel window on the first floor over a recessed door. Inside, substantial timber framing is visible, with arched bracing on the ground floor rooms. The rear rooms have wide ceiling joists and some panelling. The roofs are staggered butt purlin roofs on the parallel ranges.