Description

EYE

TM1473 CHURCH STREET
585-1/7/69 (North side)
20/10/71 No.39

GV II

House. Two houses originally, mid C14 and mid C16, converted
to one in C19. Of the 4-window range the 3 west windows (at
first floor) represent a mid C14 hall house. East window marks
a mid C16 house. Roughcast and painted timber frame; pantiled
roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. West bay is jettied (former service rooms
below, solar above); ground floor with one 3/3 horned sash.
Second bay with a 4-panelled door to left and double timber
doors to carriageway to rear. Third bay with 4-panelled door
in timber doorcase and one 3/3 horned sash. Final, east bay,
has late C19 shop display window (glass renewed C20) within
C19 pilaster strips and a doorway to its left. First floor lit
though four 3/6 unhorned sashes. Gabled roof hipped to west.
No stacks.
INTERIOR: east bay with chamfered bridging beams. Frame of
main house of heavy scantling. Former open hall occupies
centre of present house, floored c1540 with multiple
roll-moulded joists into 2 bridging beams also with multiple
roll mouldings. Carriageway cut through house in C20. On west
side of carriageway is site of screens passage, one half of
one doorway remaining to rear. C20 staircase inserted into
passage. West room with mortice holes for former service
partitions. First floor retains square mortice holes for
mullioned windows to front and rear. Hall lit by similar
mullioned windows immediately above and below the rear middle
rail. Over hall a complete 2-bay crown post roof. Crown post
has lost its moulded base. Octagonal shaft and moulded capital
over astragal collar. 4 solid arched braces to crown purlin
and collars. Common rafters intact. Studs to former end gable
wall remain to east. Notable as early example of flooring of
open hall.

Listing NGR: TM1478473869

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26602898

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