Building record 1090100000 - 82 HIGH STREET

Grade II. C17 and 18. One storey and attic. Timber-frame with plaster infilling and colour washed rubble and some brick. Thatched roof. Gable to street has massive stone stack with tiled slope to north and pentice on south over small corner window, 2-light casement above. North elevation has timber-framed bay on right with 3-light casement and similar above in thatch. Stone section in centre with door flanked by 2-light casements with 2 windows above in thatch. Small modern tiled lean-to in left corner, having half glazed door and 3-light casement with modern window in half gable. Small upper casement in thatch. Wing at right angles at west end, with tiled roof, a 2-light casement to ground floor and swept dormer with 2-light casement. South elevation, left part brick, remainder rubble stone and roughcast. Two 2-light casements in left part. One small window to right and one small window in thatch near centre (B1).
Number 84 de-listed 21st August 1981.
Limited building survey carried out in May 2007 suggests no. 82 was constructed as a three-bay open hall house in about 1500. Three cruck trusses remain, two joined on a diagonal (type 'E') the other terminating above the collar (type 'V') but all have been extensively altered. The timbers are principally of elm, with few rings and were therefore not sampled for dendro-dating. In about 1600 bay 1 was replaced with a box-frame, the walls of bays 2 and 3 were rebuilt in stone and a timber-framed bay added. Upper floors were also inserted and a stone chimney with an oven added to the end wall of bay 1. The building was later extended with a brick and tile wing. See report for detail (B2).