59, 61 AND 63, FARNCOMBE STREET

59, 61, and 63 Farncombe Street is a house that has been converted into three dwellings. It likely dates from the second half of the 16th century and has been added to and altered over time. The building features a timber frame with painted brick infill on a rubblestone plinth. The rightmost bay (number 63) is constructed of painted Bargate rubblestone with brick dressings. The roof is covered with plain tiles and the structure has two storeys with an attic.

The house has a three-bay timber-frame range, with a fourth bay added to the right. Some original features of the timber frame remain, including wall posts, a mid-rail, one arched brace, and some lesser members. Each cottage on the ground floor has a board door and a 20th-century two-light window, with an additional mid to late 20th-century window inserted in the third bay. There are four two-light windows set under the eaves, with the first bay window featuring one diamond-leaded light. The feet of some old rafters are visible at the eaves, and there are four two-light, tile-hung gabled dormers.

At the left end, there is a large external stack made of galleted rubblestone at the base, topped with a tile offset and a brick stack. There is also a ridge stack between the second and third bays, and an end stack on the right. The left return of the building is finished in galleted rubblestone and features a small two-light window on the first floor to the right of the stack, along with a tiny blocked square opening on the left.

At the rear, the timber framing is exposed in the two central bays, which have large first-floor panels. The left panel has a blocked three-light wood-mullioned window and an arched brace to its left. The interior has not been fully inspected, but number 63 contains exposed timber framing, a large cross-beam supporting old joists, and on the first floor, a large arch brace from the rear wall post to the tie-beam with a queen-post truss. The former closing truss at the right end features jewelled wall posts.