6 AND 8, PIRNHOW STREET (See details for further address information)

Nos. 6 and 8 Pirnhow Street is a house that has been divided into two dwellings. It dates from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with remodelling occurring in the late 16th century or early 17th century. The building was subdivided and extended in the 19th century and again in the 20th century. It has a timber frame that is faced in brick, with some areas painted and others rendered. The roof is steeply pitched and covered with pantiles, featuring parapeted brick gable ends, with the left-hand (southeast) gable having corbelled kneelers. There is a rendered brick axial stack.

The house has a three-room plan, with the centre originally open to the roof and heated by an open hearth fire. A floor and stack were inserted in the late 16th century or early 17th century, and the building was remodelled with a lobby entrance in front of the stack during the 17th century. It was later subdivided into two houses, with a rear wing added in the 19th century and another rear wing built in the 20th century.

The building is one storey and has an attic, with an asymmetrical four-window front facing northeast. All windows are 20th-century two-light casements, and the attic features three raking dormers. There is a brick porch on the right (No. 6) with a lean-to roof, and gabled wings at the rear.

Inside, there are chamfered cross-beams, with the left-hand side (No. 8) featuring wide chamfers and flat stops, while the right-hand side (No. 6) has run-out stops. The centre room of the main range (No. 8) has an exposed post in the rear wall with a braced or curved brace springing from a corbel. The axial stack has back-to-back fireplaces that have been rebuilt in brick. The roof was rebuilt in the 17th century with knee-brace trusses, except for one original smoke-blackened medieval tie-beam truss over the centre, which has curved braces, queen-posts, and a collar.