Building record 1245526000 - 161 HIGH STREET & OUTBUILDING TO REAR

Grade II. C18 colourwashed brick, old tile roof, two storeys, first floor band, door on right with wood on posts, 3 light casement with raised cambered arch, 3-light casement to first floor. Double gabled west flank wall with two floorbands, two 2-light attic windows, door and 3-light casement to left of ground floor. 1-storey rear wing, weatherboard; old tile roof, linking house with small barn, also weatherboard with old tile roof (B1).
Building recording and watching brief carried out by AS&C from February to May 2010 established that the barn was 17th century, extended in the late 19th or early 20th century. The frame is oak, with elm rafters and a brick plinth. The frame has primary bracing and a queen post roof. An unusual feature is the use of different styles of jown posts and edge halved scarf joints. Ground reduction in advance of underpinning identified three small circular modern pits only, suggesting that the barn floor had been disturbed earlier. See report for detail (B2).