Carpenters Arms Public House (EHER 38290)

A timber framed public house built in around 1500 and altered in the 19th century. The timber-framing is encased in red brick in Flemish bond and there are extensions built in similar brick, all with gabled peg-tile roofs. The timber frame is possibly an early cross-wing frame which was then reused in the late 16th century. The building gives the appearance of having been originally built as a gatehouse.

October 1996. Grade I listed. A timber framed public house built in around 1500 and altered in the 19th century. The timber-framing is encased in red brick in Flemish bond and there are extensions built in similar brick, all with gabled peg-tile roofs. The building is two storey and has a long range parallel to the street of two parts with a differing ridgeline. The north-eastern block has a late 19th century front extension with lean-to felt roof and high white-painted plinth. There is a 20th century entrance door under a segmental head on the west face of the north-east extension. The north-east elevation is rendered. To the rear are two gabled two-storey extensions, rendered and with plain tile roofs, a 20th century flat-roofed extension and a length of plain tiled catslide extension. Internally, the front range has evidence for a two-bay timber-frame of 'cross-wing-like' character, parallel to the street. One bay of substantial floor joists survives. At first floor level, the north-east elevation has a shutter rebate probably for a pair of central windows. Otherwise, there is little evidence for original infill walling. It is possibly an early cross-wing frame reused in the late 16th century. <1> See photos <2>. The sixteenth century Carpenter Arms Public House on Gate Street has the appearance of having been originally built as a gatehouse, possibly into the postulated enclosure (EHER 18787) and Kings Hall (EHER 18788). <3>