Blue Dragon, And Premises Of Colin Lobering Butchers

The Blue Dragon and the premises of Colin Lobering Butchers is a house that has been converted into two shops. It likely dates from the early 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The building features a timber frame with plastered wattle and daub infill, while the right-hand property has painted 19th-century Flemish bond brickwork. It has plain tile roofs and a brick stack, standing two storeys tall with two bays; the left bay jetties out.

The left bay has a mid to late 20th-century shop front with a door leading to Lychgate Cottage on the left. The first floor reveals exposed framing, including the ends of joists, a bressumer, and arched tension braces, along with a 20th-century two-light, four-pane window. The right bay features a mid to late 20th-century shop front set within an earlier surround that has a deep fascia, and a four-pane sash window on the first floor beneath the gable.

At the rear, the right bay has exposed framing on the first floor, with a 20th-century door and windows. A truncated 18th-century chimney rises from the rear roof pitch between the bays. There are 19th and 20th-century additions to the right-hand bay that are not of special interest. The left bay includes a 19th-century rear wing addition with three side-sliding small-pane sashes and logged eaves.

Inside, the ground floor of the left bay has a chamfered cross-beam, while the right bay features a large-scantling cross-beam near the front, which is chamfered on the left side with a run-out and a stepped-cyma stop. The soffit of this beam has slots and mortices indicating the position of a former wall. The first floor contains old joists and wide floorboards. The chimney in the right bay has 17th-century brickwork in the lower section and 18th-century brickwork above. The central roof truss has a chamfered tie-beam that supports queen posts braced to a collar, with the braces and posts hollow-moulded to form a four-centered arch, featuring half-pyramidal stops to the moulding. The roof also has butt purlins and old pegged rafters marked by carpenters.