43, High Street

WELLS

ST5445 HIGH STREET 662-1/7/115 (South side) No.43

GV II

House with shop. Possibly some C17 fabric, earlier C20 facade. Render over timber-frame with false ashlar joints scribed on, possibly on timber-framing, colourwashed, hipped double Roman clay tiled roof with ridge at right angles to road, behind parapet. Right-angle plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 2 bays. 1960s shop front to ground floor, with mosaic pilaster, deep fascia, central doorway, above, two 4-pane sash windows in plain surrounds, between which projects a mid C20 electric clock. Long rear wing includes one early C19 16-pane sash; roof to wing rebuilt. INTERIOR: the ground floor altered to form shop. The upper floor has low ceilings, and there are some plank ledged doors. The feet only are exposed of what could be collar trusses, the centre with wall posts each end, that to the W side with jowelled head. On the landing, one crossbeam has chamfers without runout.

Listing NGR: ST5487545653