36, Common Slip

This is a small house located at 36 Common Slip in Chippenham, dating from the 17th century with an extension added around 1820 to the rear. The building features painted rendered limestone rubble and has steeply-pitched roofs made of double-Roman tiles and stone slates. There are brick ridge stacks located to the left of the original block and to the left of the center of the later block. The house has an L-shaped plan, with each block consisting of one unit.

The exterior is single-storey with an attic for the original block, which has one window, while the later block is two storeys high with a two-window range. The original block has a large central full-height gabled dormer and a set-back planked door to the left. It features 19th-century three-light windows in the center; the first-floor window has four-pane casements, and the ground-floor window has two-pane fixed lights with a sash in the center. On the north facade of the later block, which has a stone slate roof, there is a fixed square window with nine panes to the left and a two-light casement window in the center of the first floor. The ground floor has paired windows, with a two-over-two pane sash window to the right and a fixed two-pane window to the left, both under timber weathering. Additionally, there is a small blocked window at the apex of the right return. The interior has not been inspected.