8 And 8A, Church Street

LACOCK CHURCH STREET ST 9168 (north side) 4/44 Nos 8 and 8A 20.12.60 GV II

Two houses, originally one, C14 to C15, altered. Rubble stone with stone slate roofs. Two storeys, L-plan. Main range, No 8, has roof-slope stack, fine C14 pointed arched doorway with hoodmould and head stops and later openings each side. To left a 16-pane sash in architrave and garage doors, to right triple casement each floor, the upper window with ovolo mullions and leaded lights. No 8A, slightly recessed has east end stack, first floor ovolo-moulded timber-mullion 3-light window with leaded lights to left, and C20 timber cross window to right, ground floor left 20-pane fixed window, centre door and right 40-pane canted shop window on brick base. Stone slate. hood extends from shop window over door. Interior: No 8 has remnants of smoke-blackened crucks in roof, moulded C15 fireplace backing on through passage and C18 fireplace in left room, No 8A has heavy timbers and fine early C17 stone upstairs fireplace with fluting and guilloche decoration. Both houses are heavily modernised.

Listing NGR: ST9161868576