33 And 35, High Street

A probable 15th or early 16th century farmhouse, altered and divided into shops in the 19th century, and recently heavily restored and remodelled as a shop with offices above. The building is timber-framed on a modern brick plinth, with rendered infill painted white, and a red tile roof. It originally comprised a hall and a cross-wing, with the hall running parallel to the street and now reduced to one bay. The 3-bay cross-wing projects to the right (east). The building is now two storeys high, though the hall was likely originally single-storeyed and raised in the 16th or 17th century. The cross-wing is jettied to the front, and the exposed timber framing now shows corner posts, a mid-rail, jetty joists, a bressummer, and studs (some being modern replacements). The recent restoration involved moving the front wall back to its original line (except for the jetty), and the ground floor now has posts and studs, simple rectangular windows, and double doors leading to No. 33 (the hall). The upper floor has casements of 2 lights in the hall and single or double-light casements in the wing. The hipped roof has a continuous eaves line and no chimney. The left return wall shows wallposts and two rails (the upper formerly a tie-beam), and some raked braces of light scantling. The right-hand return wall of the cross-wing features a mid-rail and posts with up-braces. Internally, the building has been significantly altered, including the removal of partition walls, a 17th-century chimney stack and staircase, and some replacement of timber frame elements. However, on the first floor of the wing, tie-beams, east wallposts of the cross-frames, associated braces, and remnants of wattle-and-daub remain in the spandrel of the second frame.