No 52 The Street including petrol pumps to the front garden

This is a pair of dwellings, likely dating to the early 18th century, which were re-fronted in the 19th century and are now combined into a single house. The construction is of coursed squared and dressed limestone with concrete tile roofs and stone and brick stacks. The building retains traditional timber roof and floor structures, although some replacement and reordering has occurred. Modern window replacements are present throughout.

The house has two storeys with attics, and the two original buildings now sit at differing floor levels. The main range is oriented roughly north-east/south-west and features an inglenook with a winder stairwell to the attic at its southern end. A chimneybreast extends from the north wall into the adjoining building. The rear wing is oriented north-west/south-east, containing a single room on each floor. A two-storey extension was added in the mid-20th century, attached at an angle to the two wings, and includes a terrace on its flat roof.

The main elevation has a central doorway sheltered by a modern flat hood. Modern casement windows are positioned on either side and above the door, all with segmental heads. Dormers are present in the pitched roof, along with end stacks. The flanks of the main range and the rear wing form a stepped corner at an acute angle. The rear wing’s façade has a central opening to each floor, framed by moulded architraves with segmental heads and keystones, and a brick end stack.

Inside, the principal room exhibits an exposed, stopped and chamfered beam. The inglenook contains a timber bressumer, with a winder stairwell inserted in the 21st century. A 21st-century chimneybreast and fireplace with recessed sides mark the north end of the room, while a timber lintel doorway leads to a 20th-century kitchen extension. The south-east section of the rear wall has been re-ordered to provide access to the rear wing, where a six-panelled door opens to the ground-floor room. This room features a chamfered beam stopped at the north-east end, a stone chimneypiece, and a timber dado rail.

The first floor includes a small opening in the inglenook chimneybreast near the stairwell, and two stopped and chamfered beams in the front range. A stone fireplace with a simple depressed arch and a modern grate is located in the north-side bedroom wall. Two steps lead to the four-panelled door of the rear wing’s bedroom, which has a lateral chamfered beam with a decorative shoe on the front wall; the other end of the beam is concealed behind a modern cupboard. The bedrooms and bathroom in the mid-20th-century extension contain no historic features.

The attics showcase exposed timber trusses with pegged principals; some secondary roof timbers have been replaced, and there are other adaptations. Access to the roof terrace over the mid-20th-century extension is available.

Attached to the front garden are a pair of 1950s Avery Hardoll (Type 598) petrol pumps with swinging delivery mechanisms and signage. The pump hoses are located inside the house.