73, High Street

This house, located at the end of a row on High Street, Wickwar, likely dates to the 16th century, although it has undergone significant alterations, including the addition of late 20th-century windows. The construction is of thin-bedded coursed Cotswold stone, with some ashlar quoins and insertions, and was probably originally rendered, now showing strap pointing. The roof is tiled with triple-roll tiles to the street elevation and pantiles to the rear, and it has a brick stack to the front and a rendered stack at the rear.

The building appears to have originated as part of a hall house, with stacks inserted off-centre to the right and in the corner of a room to the left at the back. A large single-storey addition from the 20th century extends across the rear. The front of the house is two storeys high, with two windows. The ground floor features 20th-century canted bays with flat roofs and wood casements, while the first floor contains two 9-pane sash windows. A 20th-century glazed door is positioned off-centre to the left. The right return is rendered and plain, potentially indicating a later enclosure. The rear of the building includes a 2-light dormer and various casements.

The interior has been substantially altered. The ground floor features rough, chamfered, and stopped beams. One room on the right contains a large, rebuilt wood bressummer fireplace. A 20th-century staircase has been installed. The roof, spanning three bays, originally had two pairs of raised crucks, formerly with arch-braced collars. The arches on both sets of crucks have been cut through and removed. A single wind brace remains in the middle bay on the street front, and a pair of braces are present at the back of the same bay. A further single brace is found in the adjoining bay, with a mortise remaining for a brace in the third bay. There are two purlins, chamfered and stopped, alongside arch braces and wind bracing, both chamfered. Some remains of smoke blackening are visible, along with many early rafters.