20 And 21, Church Street

A pair of houses, formerly an inn, dating from 1660. The building is constructed of stone rubble with stone quoins, and later red brick window arches and jambs. It has an interlocking concrete tile roof with gabled ends, and gable-end and axial stacks with brick shafts. The plan is L-shaped, with a 3-room front range, the right-hand room (now No.20) featuring a large gable-end fireplace. The small central room and the left (north) room are heated from an axial stack with back-to-back fireplaces, a lobby entrance, and winder stairs behind. A short, unheated wing is located at the rear of the left end, with a 20th century extension behind the right-hand end.

The west front is asymmetrical, with four window bays. The windows are mostly 20th century 2 and 3-light casements, with more recent plastic replacements on the right (No.20). Red brick arches frame the windows, and a doorway is located to the left of centre. Above the 20th century plank door is a stone tablet inscribed "M over HW 1660". The rear (east) elevation features a gable-ended wing on the right and a 20th century extension on the left.

Inside No.21, the lobby entrance has an ovolo moulded doorframe. The right-hand room boasts a large stone fireplace with chamfered jambs, a cambered timber bressumer with niches, cross-beams featuring convex notched stops, and an axial headbeam with a groove for a screen. The right-hand room has a smaller fireplace and a cross-beam with cyma notched stops. The rear wing has chamfered cross-beams with long cyma stops. The winder stairs have moulded risers and a heavy balustrade at the top with turned balusters and a moulded rail. On the first floor, chamfered beams and chamfered doorframes with high stops are present, along with plank doors. A baluster grille is above the doorway to the left chamber. This chamber contains a wall painting of a demi-figure of a woman in late 17th century costume holding a rose. The right chamber has a chamfered stone fireplace. No.20 has a chamfered cross-beam with cyma stops and a large fireplace with a cambered chamfered timber lintel with buried stops. A chamber above retains chamfered ceiling beams with cyma stops and a brick fireplace with a chamfered, cambered stone lintel. Over No.20, a 2-bay roof survives with morticed collar trusses and what appear to be threaded purlins. The roof over No.21 appears to have been replaced, though some original structure may remain.