Palm House

This is a late 17th or early 18th century house in a row, originally forming part of a larger house incorporating number 50. The exterior is roughcast on a stone base, with a tiled roof and slated eaves courses. The house has two storeys, attics, and cellars, with two bays. A rear wing, originally the kitchen, is now a sitting room, with a further lean-to kitchen extension dating to the early 20th century on the side. The central entrance features a six-panelled and fielded door within an arris beaded frame, sheltered by a flat canopy supported on shaped brackets. There are sixteen-pane sash windows with flush boxes on both floors, along with two hipped dormers in the roof. The roof is half-hipped on the left side. The left bay contains the entrance to number 50. At the rear, a projecting gable above the eaves indicates the staircase’s location. Inside, the original hall retains cross beams with check and hollow chamfer stops, now subdivided on one cross beam. A newel staircase is located laterally to the hall, with splat balusters at the attic level. Similar ceiling beams are found on the first floor, with a flying freehold arrangement over number 50. The attic space is also interconnected, featuring a single butt purlin roof. The rear wing’s fireplace is large and open, having been largely rebuilt.