Building record 1071500000 - NOS 1, 2 AND 3 MAIN STREET

Grade II. Row of cottages. C17. Timber framed with whitewashed brick infill and rendered gable end. Asbestos slate roof, brick stacks to centre and rear corner of right gable. One storey and attic, three bays. Irregular: ground floor has barred window to left, paired barred casement to centre and paired C20 metal casement to right. Left-hand bays have paired casements in dormers. Two entries to rear (B1).
The three cottages appear to have been built as one 3-bay dwelling in the 17th century with a low central living hall, ranged, unusually, with its long axis parallel to the road. It is also unusual in that it has retained its 19th century subdivision into single bay cottages. The quality of the timber framing and its method of assembly suggests a C16 date. The inserted door way in the upper level is a later insertion, but still within the timber framing tradition (B2).