13 And 15, Bridge Street

Nos. 13 and 15 Bridge Street are a pair of cottages that were originally one house, dating from the early to mid-17th century, though they may have earlier origins. The building has been altered, likely in the 19th century, and features rendered cob and rubble walls with a thatched roof, gabled on the left and hipped on the right. There are axial brick stacks, one at each end of the building.

The current layout has been significantly modified; it now consists of one heated room with a small rear wing for No. 13 on the left, and two rooms in No. 15, with the right-hand room heated by an axial stack. Originally, it appears to have been a single house, likely designed with a central wide passageway between two rooms, which may have been converted into a room when the property was divided.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical front featuring three windows, which are mid-20th century three-light casements, with later 20th-century windows on the ground floor to the left. No. 13 has a part-glazed door from the 20th century to the left of centre, while No. 15 has a 19th-century four-panelled door to the right of centre.

Inside No. 15, there is a chamfered unstopped cross beam, and No. 13 features a chamfered and ogee stopped cross beam. The fireplace has a slightly cambered ovolo moulded wooden lintel supported by curved corbels. The first-floor room in No. 13 has an ornamental plaster overmantle above a 19th-century chimneypiece, likely contemporary with the fireplace below, dating from around the mid-17th century. This overmantle includes a central shield on a strapwork design with an angel's head at the top, and a simple moulded cornice runs around the walls of this room, with the feet of straight principals extending slightly down the walls. The rear wing features straight principals with trenched purlins and a halved collar. Despite its plain exterior, the building conceals some surprisingly high-quality interior features.