82 and 84 Crane Street

The buildings at 82 and 84 Crane Street are a late 18th century recasing of a 16th or possibly earlier timber-frame structure. They present as a symmetrical pair of frontages. The facades are finished with colourwashed mathematical tiles, with a plain band above the first floor and a flat moulded cornice topped by a deep parapet with stone coping. The gable end has an old tile roof, and the gable ends are tile-hung. The windows on the second floor are four square and have intact glazing bars. The four tall windows on the first floor are flush-framed sashes. The ground floor was originally symmetrical but now features two original doors and one window, along with garage doors to the right. A modern Adam style tripartite window in an arched recess replaces the original window on the ground floor of number 84. The original doors are recessed and have six fielded panels, rectangular fanlights with marginal glazing. The door surround to number 82 is deeply recessed with panelled reveals. The mathematical tile front obscures the original overhang of the building. Reused materials are evident, particularly in the roof, which may incorporate two massive roof trusses with sphere posts, tie beams, and curved braces, the spheres having been cut down. Vast horizontal timbers are tenoned to the south sphere, likely remnants of a former structure. The cellar contains large blocks of stone sourced from Old Sarum or another location in Salisbury. These buildings are part of a group including numbers 76, 82, and 86 (even).