57 And 58, Church Street

57 and 58 Church Street is a pair of houses that form part of a row, dating from the mid 16th century to early 17th century, with a left gable featuring a painted inscription 'DC (Chandler?) 1400'. The houses have been refenestrated in the 19th century and are constructed with panel framing and mid rails, unbraced on the street front, topped with a tile roof. They have a parallel side-entry plan and are jettied, extending over Chandlers Court to the right, with two framed gables flush with the front. The buildings are two storeys high with an attic and have a total of two and three-light casements in the gables, with three-light windows positioned at the corner posts on either side of the property.

The ground floor, which is set back under the jetty, features two pairs of 4-pane sash windows with leading, flanking a wide plank door. To the right, there is a further narrow plank door. On the return to Chandlers Court, there is a wide plank door leading to No. 58, set in braced framing. A large square brick stack is located off-centre to the left on the ridge.

Inside, the party walls and central partition are made of heavy braced framing. The room to the right contains two chamfered and stopped lateral beams, with a similar beam on the right side; there is a modified timber winder stair at the back. The first floor has some chamfered beams, including a heavy lateral beam in the right room. A small area of exposed wattle-and-daub panelling can be seen in the left party wall, along with a heavy jowelled corner post at the back. The bathroom features an early three-plank door on 18th-century strap hinges. In the attic, there is a heavy purlin over the gables, likely added after the main structure, with rafters dowelled to the purlin. A heavy beam oversails the staircase in the right room at attic level. Although the building has been modified internally, it remains in generally good condition, with more surviving framework than many similar properties.