Building record 1303416000 - 21 HIGH STREET

Grade II. House, now commercial premises and accommodation. Early C17, altered, and C19. Timber-frame with plastered infill with replacement brickwork and rendering; C19 parts of yellow and red brick in Flemish bond. Plain tile roofs. Long range, gable end to road, of 1 and 2 storeys. North elevation: The C17 3-bay section is in the centre and has a single-storey 1-bay mid-late C19 addition to east (rear) end, and a 2-storey 2-bay mid C19 addition to west (front) end. The western section has platt band, a window to each floor on left (that on 1st floor a 4-pane side-sliding sash), stepped dentilled eaves, and a lateral stack on right. The C17 section has one exposed wall post on left, the ground floor of brick and lst floor rendered, a window to right on each floor (that on 1st floor on 8-pane side-sliding sash), exposed old rafter feet, two C20 skylights, and truncated rendered stack at right end. High Street elevation has C20 shop front and deep fascia; a 2-light 4-pane window above; and late C19 half-timbering and barge boards to gable. On the south side, the C17 section has more exposed timbers (a wall post, the wall plate and rafter feet). The eastern section has, to its gable end, a segmental-arched board door with board hatchover (lean-tos not of special interest). Interior: the C17 section on 1st floor has exposed timbers including jowelled wall posts with chamfered braces to tie-beams, wall plates, a curved queen-strut roof truss with collar, clasped purlins and wind braces (B1).
Buildings report dated Sept 1990 held at NMR (B2)