26, St Thomas Street

No. 26 St Thomas Street is a small house located in Wells, dating from the late 16th century, with later alterations. The exterior is rendered, featuring a pantile roof and brick stacks. The current layout includes one small front room with a passage to its left, and a narrower rear room to the right, which has a 20th-century extension. It is possible that the house was originally part of a larger property.

The building has two storeys, with all late 20th-century windows. There are two 2-light casements above a broad 5-light window with a transom. A part-glazed door is located at the far left in a deep reveal. There is a slight plinth that dies down to pavement level on the left side.

The interior was partially inspected, focusing on the ground floor, with additional information from a report by the Vernacular Architecture Group in April 1986. Inside, the narrow passage has a thin partition on the right side. At the midpoint of the building, there is a large 16th-century chamfered beam with a run-out stop, which extends across the principal room and is supported by a prop at the junction with a smaller beam that runs at right angles. In the passage, there is a blocked door opening in the left party wall that leads to No. 28. The main chimney breast features a 19th-century fireplace, and there is a narrow staircase to its left. The rear wall of the main room is notably thick but has been opened up to connect to the rear room, which also has a thick outer wall.

The roof over the main range is late 16th-century, characterized by a cranked collar, butt purlins with chamfers and square stops, and it was originally of a narrower span, with evidence of an earlier roof visible. The roof over the wing is from the 18th century and includes tusk tenons to the purlins.