No 52 The Street including petrol pumps to the front garden

A pair of dwellings of probable early-C18 date, re-fronted in the C19, and now arranged as one house.

MATERIALS: constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone with concrete tile roofs and stone and brick stacks. Both ranges have traditional timber roof and floor structures with some replacement and reordering. The window units are all modern replacements.

PLAN: of two storeys with attics the pair of adjoining buildings now form a single dwelling with differing floor levels. The main range stands roughly on a north-east/south-west orientation and has an inglenook with winder stairwell to attic level at the south end. The chimneybreast to the north wall extends into the adjoining building. The rear wing stands on a north-west/south-east orientation and has a single room to each floor. Attached at the elbow of the two wings is a two-storey extension of mid-C20 date with a terrace to the flat roof.

EXTERIOR: the main elevation has a central door under a C21 flat hood. There are modern casements under segmental heads to each side and above. The pitched roof has a pair of dormers and end stacks. The flanks of the main range and the rear wing are engaged with each other at an acute angle to form a stepped corner. The façade of the rear wing has a central opening to each floor with moulded architraves, segmental heads and keystones. There is a brick end stack.

INTERIOR: the principal room has an exposed stopped and chamfered beam and, at the south end, an inglenook with timber bressumer and winder stairwell behind with a C21 inserted stair. At the north end is a C21 chimneybreast and fireplace with recesses to each side. There is a doorway under a timber lintel to the C20 kitchen extension. The south-east section of rear wall is re-ordered to accommodate access to the rear wing, which has a six-panelled door to the ground-floor room. This room has a chamfered beam that is stopped at the north-east end, a stone chimneypiece and a timber dado rail.

To the first floor there is a small opening in the inglenook chimneybreast by the stair and the front range has two stopped and chamfered beams. In the north bedroom wall is a stone fireplace with a simple depressed arch and a modern grate. There are two steps up to the four-panelled door of the bedroom to the rear wing. This room has a lateral chamfered beam with a shoe to the front wall. The other end of the beam is obscured behind a modern cupboard. The bedroom and bathroom to the mid-C20 extension have no historic fittings.

The attics have exposed timber trusses with pegged principals. The secondary roof timbers have been replaced and there are some other adaptations. There is access to the roof terrace over the mid-C20 extension.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: either side of the front path are 1950s Avery Hardoll (Type 598) petrol pumps with swinging delivery mechanisms and signage. The pump hoses are reported to be located within the house.