1 and 2 Bridge House (EHER 37369)

Late 16th to early 17th century lobby entry house.

Lobby-entrance house dating to about 1600, altered in the 17th and 19th century. It is timber-framed, plastered, and the roof is tiled. The house has four bays, aligned north-east to south-west, with original two-hearth chimney in chimney bay, second from south-west, forming a lobby entrance. There is a triangular pediment over centre of elevation dating to the 18th century. Originally this house was of one storey with attics, hearths in lower rooms only. In the late 17th century the walls were raised by about 1.5 metres, the roof rebuilt and hearths inserted in upper rooms. In the 18th century the pediment was added. In the 19th century the house was divided into two cottages, and the rear extension added in late 19th or early 20th century. No wall framing exposed, no access to roof. Both ground floor hearths blocked for 20th century fireplaces. RCHM 8. <1> See: <2>