42, High Street

No. 42 High Street is a cottage and former barn dating from the 18th century. The house was refurbished in the 19th century and modernized around 1980 when the barn was converted for domestic use. It features plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with one end being timber-framed, and has stone rubble or brick stacks topped with late 19th-century brick. The thatched roof covers a long building that faces west onto the High Street.

The original house is located at the northern end and has a two-room layout with a central staircase. The right room has a rear lateral stack, while the left room has an end stack in the party wall. The building continues to the right as a former barn, which includes a carriageway at the right end. The house is two stories tall, and the former barn remains open to the roof.

The house section has a symmetrical three-window front featuring 19th-century casements with glazing bars, and a central part-glazed door that is likely contemporary. To the right, there is a fourth window for the former barn, with a similar casement on the ground floor and a blind recess at the first floor level. The right end has large double plank doors leading to the carriageway, and above it is a full-height window from around 1980 with plain timber mullions. The roof extends continuously across the entire building. On the left, it adjoins the party wall of 44 High Street, while on the right, it has a gable end that rises above the adjacent Angle Cottage. The gable is weather-boarded.

Inside the house, there are no notable carpentry details, only 19th and 20th-century joinery. However, the roof of the former barn is exposed and supported by a series of 18th-century A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. No. 42 High Street is part of a group of attractive and varied buildings, most of which are listed, located near the Church of All Saints.