St. George's Street

St. George's Street (Fig. 143)

This street seems never to have been occupied by men of more than average affluence, and consequently contains rather small houses. These date from the Middle Ages onwards.

(302) House, No. 6, two storeys, cellar and attics, class 6, originated as a timber-framed structure to which an ashlar front wall was added in the 18th century. Two posts of the early building survive in the rear wall. The three-bay front wall has sash windows with plain architraves and continuous platband-sills; a cross partition on the first floor shows that the window over the central door had been blocked by the late 18th century.

(303) House, Reedman's Court (Fig. 156), two storeys and attics, rubble walls, contains evidence of a late medieval structure which was open to the roof (class 1a). Features of this date include several smoke-blackened rafters, each pair being pegged at the apex and halved for collars; the splayed jambs of the N.W. window continue into the attics where they are blocked; a stop-chamfered tie beam bisects the building equally.

In yard of the foregoing is a pair of class 15 dwellings, of two storeys and attics, coursed rubble walls, and mansard roof; it was built in c. 1830 and is shown on Knipe's map of 1833.

(304) House, No. 11 (Fig. 157), one storey and attics, rubble walls, retains the outline and some of the structure of a medieval house; it was later extended at the rear. The main external feature is an external chimney stack, which projects slightly beyond the wall face on the street side; it is weathered in two stages and surmounted by a circular ashlar flue, presumably of medieval date (Plate 61; drawing by Twopeny, 290/b. 13, p. 68). There are sills and jambs of blocked windows at the upper floor level. Inside, a timber cross partition is the only early survival.

(305) House, No. 17 (Plate 115), former White Hart Inn, two storeys, cellar and attics, originated as an L-shaped timber-framed building of the 17th century; the rear wing with stone gable wall survives. Early in the 18th century the main range was cased in stone; it has an ashlar E. wall with rusticated S. quoins, plain window and door architraves with stepped keystones, and moulded timber cornice. Later in the 18th century a plain coved hood was added to the central doorway; the two flanking windows have been widened.

(306) House, No. 18 (Plate 115), two storeys and attics, class 10, was built in stone with stone-slated roof in the 18th century, perhaps in the first half, on a tworoom plan with central doorway and a timber-framed stair turret at the rear. The front elevation in bands of ashlar and coursed rubble has rusticated quoins, platband, uninscribed panel and flat arches with channelled masonry joints over doorway and windows. Inside, a reset late 18th-century panel is painted in Chinese style with pavilion, birds and figures.

(307) Houses, Nos. 20–21, two storeys, stone rubble walls, probably originated as a three-cell house of the 17th century (class 8b), but is disguised by the rebuilding of the street front. Openings on the street side have wooden lintels. Inside, the N. room is entered from a through-passage; the doorway has a wooden four-centred head. On the S. of the passage are two rooms, the larger having a chamfered cross beam; the partition between them is of timber. Behind is a wing of uncertain date, the upper room of which is separated from the front range by a timber partition. Later fittings include an early 19th-century corner cupboard with shaped shelves and doors with shaped fielded-panels.

(308) House, Nos. 23–24 (Plate 83), two storeys, class 7, originated as a timber-framed building, the rear wall of which survives. It was cased in stone early in the 17th century; a two-storey mullioned bay window was then added to the hall which has a chimney stack backing against a cross passage.

(309) House, No. 26, class 15, two storeys, with stone walls, was built in the 17th century; a two-storey timber-framed bay window with plaster cornice was added in the 18th century.

(310) House, No. 27, two storeys and attics, with stone walls and mansard roof, was built in c. 1800 on a three-room plan (class 8b). The first floor retains its small-paned iron window-frames; the ground floor is a modern shop.