The Old Nailshop

The Old Nailshop is a house dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with an enlargement from the late 17th century. It features brick-nogged timber framing, with some wattle and daub panels at the back and indications of a stone plinth. The building has three bays and is 1½ storeys tall, with a lobby entry to the left and a slightly wider two-storey section to the right. The main front faces the road, with the earlier, larger part to the left having lighter timbers and three panels high to the eaves, while the right side has four panels high. The windows consist of leaded lights, including a two-light window to the right, a boarded door with a single-light window on each side, and a door that is only covered by a late 20th-century porch with a half-glazed top and a glazed door. There is also a boarded gable. To the left, there is a three-light casement window, and a two-light window that replaces a brace from the corner post to the sill. Above this is brick-on-edge nogging on the left. The first floor has a two-light casement window on the right and two similar windows in swept dormers on the lower part, with a brick chimney on the ridge behind the front door. The right return features a three-light casement window on the ground floor and a late 20th-century two-light window on the first floor, with jowls to the corner posts. There is a two-light casement window in the gable, two collars to the truss, and curved V struts in the apex. The lower section's end bays are shorter than the centre, with one pair of purlins, a straight brace in the centre bay, and a square ridge. There is a lean-to conservatory on the left end, which is not of special interest. The Old Nailshop was the home of Wilfred Gibson, one of the Dymock poets, from 1913 to 1914, and he was associated with L. Abercrombie, R. Frost, and Rupert Brooke.