58 And 58A, Well Street

This is a house, formerly a public house and now divided into two dwellings, dating from the early to mid 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble. The eaves were raised in the 19th century using red brick, and the house was originally cement-rendered, which was later removed in the 20th century, revealing the stone. The roof is covered in concrete tiles. A projecting stone stack is located on the right gable end, featuring a pair of rendered brick diagonal flues, some of which have been cut down. The building follows an L-shaped plan and has a two-storey, three-window facade. The street front includes a 20th-century door positioned to the left of the centre and 2-light 20th-century casement windows to the ground floor on the left, and similar three-light windows to the ground floor right of the door and to the first floor, all with wooden lintels. A two-storey, two-window wing (No. 58A) extends to the rear left, with a hipped tile roof. The interior retains ogee stop-chamfered spine beams and some original stop-chamfered joists. A main ground-floor room to the right of the entrance passage contains a large chamfered brick Tudor-arched fireplace opening, with a relieving beam above it. Painted chevron ornament remains on some first-floor beams. The 17th-century roof structure is largely intact, with collar beams to principals and queen struts, and one tier of purlins. The wing to the rear left (No. 58A) was likely originally a barn or other outbuilding and has queen strut trusses in its roof. The building was reputedly a public house, formerly known as The Bull.