Bloomfields (EHER 38357)

A 16th century timber framed house, now a shop with flats above. It is two storeys, rendered and has gabled plain tile roofs. Bloomfields was originally an early 16th century timber framed house comprising two short and one longer bay, probably jettied towards the street.

September 1971. Grade II listed. A 16th century timber framed house, now a shop with flats above. It is two storeys, rendered and has gabled plain tile roofs. The ground floor has three shop fronts under a continuous canted-out fascia with small consoles and blindbox. That to the left is 20th century with a recessed entrance; that to the centre is 19th century with deep angled corner mullions, original door with fanlight and raised-and-fielded lower panel; and that to right, No.106, has a 20th century door with fanlight and three-light plate-glass window. To the rear is a formerly separate 19th century outhouse range now linked to the front range by a large concealed flat roof. This comprises two two-storey parts, the taller of which has a Welsh slate roof. The lower block has a machine-made plain tile roof. To the rear of this are two superimposed lean-to roofs, one with Welsh slate and one with plain tiles. No.106 has a two-storey rendered 18th century rear extension with gabled plain tile roof. Bloomfields was originally an early 16th century timber framed house comprising two short and one longer bay, probably jettied towards the street. The two short bays formed rooms at the first floor levels with connecting doors in the centre of their partitions. The remains of a crown-post roof survive with thin longitudinal bracing. The rear wall has a later chimney stack with a late 18th century fireplace with moulded shelf and shouldered architrave and 19th century cast-iron Gothic grate with shafts and four-centred enclosing arch. <1> See photos <2>. Bloomfields abuts No.104 High Street to the north-west and No.112 High Street to the south-east.