28, St Thomas Street

No. 28 St Thomas Street is a house dating back to the 15th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed from local stone rubble with Doulting stone dressings, and has a clay pantiled roof with coped gables and a brick chimney stack. The building has a one-unit plan, presented with two bays on the front elevation. It has sash windows, with four panes to most, and a double unit on the ground floor of the first bay. The front door is a two-panel design, set within a deep-chamfered stone surround in the second bay. Evidence remains of earlier windows, including traces of a joint to the left of the lower bay and an old window head above the modern windows. Above the window unit and the door are traces of the jambs and head of a two-light 15th-century window, with pointed relieving arches in both bays. The upper windows are set into ashlar surrounds with traces of moulding to the heads. The rear wall features a four-centre arched doorway, possibly relocated, along with a similar doorway adjacent in a rear extension. The interior, which was not inspected, includes a ground-floor room with a four-panel ceiling featuring hollow-chamfered beams, although the room has been reduced with a later partition. The roof was re-roofed in the late 16th century with collar trusses, and it is suggested that this may be of 15th-century origin and originally functioned as a hall, sharing this role with No. 26.