14-16, CHURCH STREET

A range of houses on Church Street, Lacock, dates from the late medieval period through to the 17th century. The construction utilizes rubble stone and timber framing, with stone slate roofs. The south front is divided into two sections. On the left, No. 15 features a continuously jettied timber-framed first floor with a large crosswing gable to the left and a ridge stack. A casement pair occupies the crosswing first floor, with a similar window to the right. The timber framing exhibits close studding, renewed on the crosswing. The original jetty was supported by 10 curved brackets, now 9, springing from small corbels, except for 4, originally 5, which were carried down to serve as jambs for original windows. One original two-light window remains partially intact, with the left jamb and centre mullion present, but a later inserted stone mullion window obscures the right side. A small original square stone light is visible to the right, alongside a casement pair within the frame of an original single light. The west side wall of the crosswing displays a two-window range of cyma-moulded recessed mullion windows to the right, two-light above and three-light below. A chamfered Tudor-arched door leads to No. 15, with a later inserted door to No. 14 to the left, above which is a casement pair. A stack is located on the north end of the exterior. A single-story addition extends beyond. A parallel rear wing is constructed from timber framing and red brick, with an end stack.

The right section of the south front, No. 16, exhibits two gables. A crosswing on the left has a jettied roughcast upper floor, with the jetty supported by 4 curved brackets, which also serve as frames for three casement pair windows. The foot of a cruck truss is exposed to the right. The main range has a slightly higher ridge and a projecting gable to the right. To the left of the main range is a three-light recessed chamfered mullion window with a hoodmould on the first floor; a 20th-century window and door occupy the space below. The gable features a similar upper window and plaster-decorated panels above. A fine ground floor full-width mullion-and-transom window of three plus three lights, with single lights to either side, is also present, with a dripcourse above. An end stack is set into the roof slope, alongside lean-to end wall garages.

The interior of No. 16 is cruck-framed, with two cruck trusses visible from the ground floor. A fine moulded Tudor-arched fireplace with a stone shelf is located at the west end. There is said to be a 17th-century plastered ceiling upstairs. The interior of No. 15 was not inspected. The buildings were used as a parish workhouse from 1766 to 1833.