19-25, EAST STREET

Numbers 19-25 on East Street in Horsham are two shops that were originally a house. The building dates back to the 15th century and features two bays of an open hall with a two-bay crosswing. It was extended to the rear and west in the 17th century, with further alterations and extensions made in the early to mid-18th century, and additional changes in the late 18th century and early 20th century. The building was renovated in the late 20th century.

This timber-framed structure is clad in weatherboarding, except for number 25, which is finished in stucco. The roof is tiled and has a gablet over number 23. Numbers 19 and 21 are two storeys high, while number 25 has one storey and attics, featuring four windows in total. Numbers 19 and 21 have early 19th-century six-pane sash windows with horns, number 23 has a 20th-century casement window, and number 25 includes a 20th-century flat-roofed dormer along with a large eight-pane shopfront and door. The shopfronts of numbers 19-23 have been updated in the late 20th century with cement-rendered piers and large panes.

Inside number 25, two bays of the original 15th-century open hall remain, showcasing a curved and chamfered tie beam with curved braces. There is a soot-stained roof reported. Number 23 retains its 15th-century crosswing, which originally had two rooms on the ground floor and a single chamber above, served by a garderobe that was lost when a 17th-century kitchen wing was added to the rear. A blocked doorcase into number 25 features pintle hinges. The first floor includes passing braces, arch braces, and a plain crown post with a two-way head brace to the collar purlin. One wall has a wattle and daub panel with wall paintings in geometrical white and red designs on one side and a black design on the other. The ground floor has deep chamfered beams with lambs tongue stops and evidence of a former stave partition.

The 17th-century kitchen extension at the rear has a painted stone base and square framed panels above with brick infill. Numbers 19-21 exhibit a clasped side purlin and collar construction roof, likely the original 17th-century roof that was heightened in the 18th century. It is probable that there was originally a service bay to the 15th-century hall-house on the east side.