The Waggoners

The Waggoners is a house, originally an alehouse and stocking factory, now divided into three dwellings. It dates back to the 17th century with additions from the 18th century and later alterations. The construction is timber frame with painted brick infill, some tile-hanging, and rubblestone, all under plain tile roofs.

The main range has three bays with a cross-wing projecting at each end. The left-hand cross-wing projects to both the front and rear, with the front projection masked by an 18th-century addition built in line with the main range. The right-hand cross-wing is very wide, and a further wing extends to the rear on the right side. The main range has a square-panelled timber frame with a straight brace from the mid-rail to the right-hand wall-post; the ground floor is under-built in brick. It features a continuous leaded-light casement window on the ground floor, with ogee-moulded wood mullions in the central section. The first floor has similar windows with ogee-moulded mullions of 7 and 5 lights, along with a formerly longer 2-light window to the left. There are stacks to the rear of the ridge.

The 18th-century addition on the left has a rubble-stone plinth, small-scantling timber frame with long straight braces from wall posts to sole plate, and a single leaded-light window on the first floor. A 20th-century iron sign depicting a white elephant hangs to the right of this window. The right return has a nail-studded board door leading to numbers 14-18, and tile-hung first floor with a leaded casement. The right-hand cross-wing has a rubblestone base and a square-panelled timber frame above with decorative bands to the 19th-century tile-hung gable and a ridge stack. The left return has a doorway (leading to number 12) and a 16-pane sash window to the right, with windows of 1 and 2 leaded lights above. The right return has a rubblestone base, a door (leading to number 10), a small-pane window to the left, and a 4-panel flush door with a 16-pane sash window to the right. The first floor has decoratively-banded tile-hanging and two 2-light leaded casements. A lower 19th-century addition is located to the right.

The rear of the main range exposes timber framing, including a large, curved brace. The wing on the right has a rubblestone and brick ground floor, with tile-hanging above; the wing on the left has a rubble plinth, a ground floor of 17th-century brick, and a timber-framed first floor with straight braces and some tile-hanging.

Inside the main range, original timbers are visible, including an original partition wall between the left-hand and central rooms, which has been removed between the right-hand bays. The central room has a stop-chamfered spine-beam, square-sectioned joists, and a rear wall lateral fireplace with another fireplace above it, featuring a chamfered timber lintel. There are queen-post roof trusses, and straight wind-braces in the rear right wing.