20, East Street

No. 20 East Street is a house dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of limestone rubble and features a zig-zag pantile roof, with brick stacks on the right gable and inside-left at the rear. The building has a two-unit plan, with a through-passage that separates a small service room from the hall and kitchen on the right, where a stack backs onto the passage and there is a rear stair projection.

The exterior is two storeys high with a three-window range. All windows are set under wooden lintels and have wooden frames, with some surviving H-hinges. On the far left, there is a small 19th-century two-light casement window; to the inside-left is a studded oak door leading to the passage. Above this door, there is a 20th-century four-light casement window with a lintel that extends beyond to either side, likely a former wall-plate. A similar window is located on the far right, with a three-light casement above it, and both floors in the centre feature 20th-century two-light casements. The ends of two main rafters are exposed approximately one metre below the eaves.

Inside, the upper beam of a former plank-and-muntin screen remains on the left, showing traces of openings at the centre and end of the now open passage. The right-hand wall of the passage forms the back of an open fireplace in the main room, and at the end of the passage, there is a doorway with a rough Tudor-arch lintel, featuring mortices to the right, possibly indicating the end of a former plank-and-muntin screen that was removed to insert the fireplace. The only remaining beam on the ground floor is located in front of the fireplace, which has an arched oak lintel; the soffit of this beam has been drilled, possibly for fixing a stud and wattle partition before the fireplace was inserted, or it may be a reused member.

On the first floor, there are two jointed crucks between the bays, each supporting two trenched purlins that are scarfed at the principals and have notch-in-apex ridges. The party wall with No. 18, located to the right, is constructed of post-and-truss filled with wattle-and-daub. The current stairs are situated at the rear of the passage.