Agincourt House

Agincourt House is a timber-frame building, likely dating to the 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the late 19th century. The building is roughcast and painted, with a Welsh slate roof. It is four storeys high, with one gable facing the street and three to the left return, along with an additional gabled block attached to the rear, known as “Going for a Song.” The upper floors overhang a late 19th-century shop front that occupies the entire ground floor, featuring a central door flanked by plate glass windows, with a canted fascia to accommodate the overhang.

The first and second floors have a reconstructed oriel window – likely late 19th or early 20th century, but replicating the appearance of an earlier 17th-century oriel – which spans both floors, with rendered panels between. The oriel incorporates windows with a 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 light arrangement. Small windows with 1 + 1 casements flank the oriel on the first floor. The top storey projects on brackets. The gable has plain bargeboards, a drop finial, and a carved date “W R 1624” at the top.

The side elevation is also largely rendered and painted, with late 19th-century features. A small canted bay is present on the ground floor to the left. First and second floors have canted oriels on brackets, featuring 1 + 3 + 1 leaded mullion-and-transom lights separated by rendered panels as before. These oriels flank small 2 x 2 pane casements, with one in each gable above. The bargeboards have drop finials.

A probable 19th-century two-storey link with a doorway and casement above connects the main three-gabled section to a square, cross-gabled block of two storeys and an attic. This block was originally free-standing and may have served as a detached kitchen for the earlier timber-framed town house. This section also has a shop front with a stall riser and narrow vertical panes.

The interior has been significantly altered; the ground floor is now supported by steel posts. A decorative bracket supporting the front jetty is visible in the shop window. While the upper floors were not accessible for resurvey, it is reported that there is little evidence of the original age. However, Kissack’s illustrations show timber framing in the attic. The rear portion of the building ("Going for a Song") shows no ancient features on the ground floor.