Building record 1139300000 - TWO BREWERS & PART OF ADJOINING FORMER BANK, 20-22 HIGH STREET

Grade II. Public House. C16 altered. Timber framed with painted stucco front. Old tiled roof with 5 brick chimneys, 2 small swept dormers to RH part. 2 storeys and attic. RH part has two 4-light upper casements, two C19 canted bays to ground floor flanking modern glazed door with hood on brackets and 2-light casement to RH. C18 wrought iron sign bracket over door. LH part has two 2-light and one 3-light upper casements, modern door approached by 4 steps flanked by 3-light casements. Single light casement to LH. Far LH bay (part of N.W. Bank) has door approached by steps and 4-light casement. LH gable has chequer brickwork. Interior: truss with arch braced collar reported. RCHM I p.308 MONS. 26 & 27 (B1).
Historic photos of building in early 1900s and 1950s (B2).
Summary of documentary evidence for Two Brewers inn and alehouse (B3).

House, now two tenements, and The Two Brewers Inn adjoining it, on an island between the High Street and Back Street, are each two-storeyed, probably of early C17th date, now much restored and altered. The fronts are covered with plaster. At the back are modern additions, but the original walls show between them, and are timber-framed with brick or plaster filling. The West wall of the house is of red brick with black headers, and probably of late C17th date. The roofs are tiled. Condition - Of the house, fairly good, and of the inn good (B4).

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