Building record 1040300000 - DOVE HOUSE, 4 HIGH STREET

Grade II. House. Early C17. Timber-framed with brick infill. Rendered and colourwashed modern infill to south west angle and rubblestone and brick north wing. Old tile roofs. 2 storeys and attic. 3 bay east west range with I½ bay south wing, all C17. Infill to south west angle and north wing modern. Irregular leaded casements, some C18 to first floor, mostly modern diamond latticed type. North front has 4-light C17 oak framed ovolo moulded mullioned window. Doorway in north wing with tiled hipped hood and in east wall of south range. North half bay of south wing has massive stack with 2 diamond shafts and lower parts of stack in rubblestone. The house has a lobby-entry plan with the staircase also in line with the stack in the south wing and was originally built on a letter-T plan. Interior: Centre bay of east west range now has open well modern staircase. Rooms have chamfered and stopped spine beams and inglenook fireplaces. Much 20th century added timberwork and Tudor style doors, etc. RCHM. 1.182 MON.27 (B1).