18 And 20, High Street

A shop with attached house, dating to the 16th century and altered in later periods, stands on the south side of High Street in Brutton. The building is timber-framed with close studding, set against a rusticated ashlar facade, colourwashed ashlar and infill panels, and features a concrete double Roman tile roof. A plain west gable is present, and a former stone chimney stack has been sealed. The building is two storeys high, with an undercroft that is not visible from the front, and includes an attic. Number 18 has two bays, and Number 20 has one. The entrance to bay one is a six-panel door recessed within the front, above which is a 2-light casement window. A wide shopfront in the early 19th century occupies bay two, featuring a pair of 2-light angled bay windows flanking a pair of late 20th-century double-glazed doors, all beneath a projecting fascia. Above the shopfront is a 16-pane sash window, with a wrought iron bracket and a hanging sign to the right. Bay three mirrors the shopfront in character but not detail, and above it is a 16-pane sash window in an oriel window supported by three timber brackets with a lead flat roof and a deep fascia. A pitched roof dormer with a 15-pane sash window is located in the roof. The interior reveals evidence of post and frame construction on the first floor, especially within Number 20, which has two bays of a collar-beam roof with curved wind braces. A 16th-century partition and doorway are centrally located. The rear portion of the building extends over three levels and is served by a quality Regency staircase. A fireplace with an egg-and-dart moulded surround is found in one rear room, likely dating to the 18th century. Several 17th and 18th-century doors, doorframes, and doorcases are also present.