15, EAST STREET (See details for further address information)

A block of cottages, originally Uvedale’s House, a town merchant's house, dating to the late 16th century, with alterations in the 18th century and later. The building is constructed of rubble stone with stone slate roofs, and brick stacks are located at each end of the front range and in the centre of the block, with a plastered stack at the rear of the rear range. It has an irregular L-shaped plan.

The front range, at number 17/19, has a section that is two storeys high and another that is one storey high, with an attic. It features a ledged door with a glass panel. To the left of the door is a casement window with glazing bars. To the right of the door, is a six-light stone mullioned window with lead lights, a hood mould and a relieving arch. An attic dormer, with casements and glazing bars, is located at the left end. A six-light stone mullioned window with lead lights and a hood-mould, shared with number 21, is on the first floor at the right end.

Number 21, extending to the rear, is a two-storey section with a ledged door featuring leaded lights. A mullioned window is shared with number 17/19. The rear range, built of matching materials, has casement windows on each floor, some with glazing bars. Number 15, located at the right end of the rear range and rising three stories, has a part-glazed door. The ground floor has two casement windows with glazing bars, and the first and second floors each have one casement with glazing bars.

Number 11, at the left end, is partly one storey and attic, and partly two storeys high. The left section has a part-glazed door and a casement window with glazing bars on the ground floor. The attic has a pent-roofed dormer with casements that have glazing bars. The right section has two casements on the ground floor, one with glazing bars, and one casement with glazing bars on the first floor. Attached to number 11 at the left end is the original coach house, now used as storage, which is a single storey with a hipped roof.

Internally, number 17/19 has a large open fireplace on the ground floor, partially built up with a four-centred stone arch. Other original features may be concealed beneath later plaster. The property is owned by the National Trust and contains stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.