56 And 58, High Street

SX 89 SE 1/92

IDE HIGH STREET (west side), Ide No's 56 and 58

GV II

House. C18 with probably C19 rear wing. Colourwashed rendered cob and stone; thatched roof, gabled at ends; brick end stack. Single depth plan with 2 rooms heated from end stacks, the left hand room slightly larger. The present entrance is through the right gable end, the position of the original entrance, if different, is not clear. An unheated rear service wing is probably a C19 addition. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2 window front, the eaves thatch eyebrowed over the first floor windows; first floor window left 2-light casement, 6 panes per light, first floor window right and 3 ground floor windows are 2-light C20 casements, possibly in original embrasures. The entrance is in the right end with a Cl9 plank door with strap hinges. The front wall is extended to the left forming an open fronted store with a slate roof. Interior: Both ground floor rooms have chamfered cross beams, the left hand room has an open fireplace with 1 ashlar and 1 stone rubble jamb with a cambered lintel. Traces of the original straight stone stair, which was against the rear wall, survive; the stair has been replaced by a C20 timber stair. No access to roofspace at time of survey (1986) but the straight principal rafters suggest an C18 structure. Some old wall and ceiling plaster survives on the first floor.

Listing NGR: SX8995990334