37 and 38 Great Hampden

A pair of small houses, numbers 37 and 38 Great Hampden, dating from the late 17th to mid-19th century. Number 37, on the left, is of late 17th to early 18th-century origin, while number 38, attached to the right, is from the early to mid-19th century and may incorporate an earlier structure. The left bays have a timber frame with brick infill to the upper storey, with the left gable tile-hung and the ground floor rebuilt in brick. The third bay is brick, and the right bay is a mix of flint and brick. The roof is tiled, with brick chimneys at the ends and centrally; the right chimney is rendered. The houses are four bays wide. The three bays to the left are of one storey and an attic, with a two-storey bay to the right. The windows are wooden casements, with two lights to the left and three lights to the right. Upper windows of the lower range are set within gabled eaves-line dormers, which have small windows in the gables. There is an old board door in a moulded architrave frame between the left bays, and a board door to the right of the third bay. Two brick extensions project from the rear, one of which is tile-hung. Group value derives from their contribution to the character of the area.