Numbers 3 And 5 And Attached Wall

Numbers 3 and 5 are a pair of houses that incorporate part of the former wall from the Church of St Paul's. The church wall dates back to the 15th century, while the houses were built in the 17th century and were refronted and extended to the left in the early 19th century. They are constructed of limestone rubble with dressings on the rear gable, and the timber-framed house has a rendered brick front. There is a central stack from the 17th century located behind the ridge, along with a 19th-century party wall stack and a slate roof that is hipped to the right with a rear gable.

The houses have a two-room plan with a central stack and a matching small extension on the left. The exterior features two storeys with a three-window range. The symmetrical front includes a six-panel door, with the top pair being glazed and previously having a bracketed hood. There are 19th-century shop windows on each side with eight panes, and above are 8/8-pane sashes in exposed frames. To the left, there is a one-window range from the 19th century with a right-hand half-glazed door, a six-pane recessed ground-floor window, and a second-floor top-hung casement.

The rear gable wall is part of the 15th-century south wall of the chancel and nave, featuring two blocked three-centre arches with tracery visible inside. The interior includes elements from the 15th century, such as a Tudor-arched fireplace on the first floor with a moulded, stopped surround and a cornice above, flanked by arched salt niches. There is also an oak-framed doorway between the first-floor rooms with chamfered reveals and a scroll-bracketed head, which was once flanked by crudely-carved cherubs now located in the town museum. An adjacent door reuses a section of a 15th-century muntin and plank partition. The downstairs rear window is situated above a moulded four-centre arched stone doorway.

Additionally, there is approximately 5 meters of attached rubble wall extending west from the northwest corner, which includes a large blocked opening (formerly a window) with quoining and a timber lintel over a low doorway.