| Summary : House. Mid C17. Rebuilt late C19 as a shop with domestic accommodation. Brick. Pantiled roof. 3 storeys (formerly 4); 2-window range. Upper floor removed in 1950s. Late C20 late-glass shop front extends through Nos 3 & 4 (qv). First floor with 2 unhorned sashes with 6/6 glazing bars and gauged skewback arches. 2 similar second-floor windows. Parapet rebuilt 1990. Gabled roof. Rear with a 2-storeyed rendered cross-wing, in entrant angle of which is 3 storeys of a formerly 5-storey look-out tower: early C18, octagonal, with late C20 windows.INTERIOR: very much altered in C20. Interior of tower with a circular centre newel rising from a fluted base. C17 cellars remain, somewhat altered. It is possible that the tower may be a Mediaeval watch tower, or may have been part of the Carmelite Friary, (TG50NW13). |