Dragon House

Dragon House is a 16th-century house that was refronted in the early 18th century. It is two storeys and has an attic, with five windows. The building has a very high-pitched tiled roof and a large chimney with four shafts, located to the left of the centre. The eaves have a moulded wooden cornice. The walls are grey brick with the headers showing, and red brick dressings frame the door and windows. There are four hipped, gabled dormers, each with a two-light casement and restored diamond leading. The sash windows have glazing bars, set in flush, moulded frames, and are located under gauged brick arches. The renewed front door has six beaded panels and a dentilled cornice hood supported by curved brackets.

A single-storey south wing, with an attic, has a hipped tiled roof, a tall chimney, and a modern garage extension to its front. The east elevation reveals the original timber-framed Elizabethan structure, showing two tile-hung gables, each with a five-light mullion window with diamond-leaded casements. On the south end of this elevation, the ground floor has closely spaced timbers filled with flint. There are two small 20th-century window and door additions to the ground floor at the other end. The north wall’s ground floor features closely spaced timbers and flint filling, with timbers numbered using Roman numerals, plus a three-light wooden mullion window. There are two old chimney stacks, one of which has been recently rebuilt.

Inside, there are massive ceiling beams and old oak floors. Original 16th-century fireplaces are present in most rooms, alongside some oak panelling. A late 16th-century mantelpiece with inset carved panels of varying styles is found in the north-east ground floor room.

Dragon House is part of a group that includes numbers 14 to 28 (even), a gazebo, and garden walls to the north and east.