The Sign

The Sign is a row of three houses, each with a two-unit plan. Houses 1 and 3 have central entrances, but the original left bay of House 1 was later divided to extend House 2, which has its entrance on the left. The right section of the row, which includes House 1 and part of House 2, features exposed box-framing with brick panel infill and a brick plinth. The slate roof has an axial brick stack. The design is symmetrical, although the internal layout is asymmetrical. The central entrance is in a gabled timber porch with a chamfered arched doorway, flanked by four-light casement windows on each floor to the left and two-light casements to the right. The left-hand windows consist of pairs of two-light casements, with the property division between Houses 1 and 2 running between these pairs. Upper windows are in gabled dormers, with the left dormer having a higher gable and decorative barge-boards. All windows, which appear to be in original openings, have bracketed canopies associated with the work of the Vaynor Estate. The gable end return features a similarly detailed shallow oriel on the first floor and a two-light casement below.

The central bays of the row are rendered, likely over timber framing, with exposed timbering visible in the rear wall. There is a low dormer window to the right of the gabled porch, with two-light casement windows on each floor. To the left of the porch are similarly arranged four-light casements, with a higher gabled dormer with decorative barge-boards on the first floor.

The end bay to the left has exposed timber framing of thin scantling, with a lower dormer over two-light casement windows to the left of the gabled porch.

House 3 retains many early features, including two deep chamfered and stopped axial beams in the principal living room, which has been later subdivided to create an entrance lobby and cellar stairs. It also has a simple oak dog-leg staircase within the outshut and oak boarded floors on the first floor.