EDO4564 - 26 High East Street, Dorchester; observations and recording 1981

Repairs to the front of 26 High East Street were observed by L.J. Keen. Removal of the cement rendering exposed the front of a timber framed building of 15th century date. The building had originally two jettied stories. The topmost had been moved back to the line of the first floor front and the ground floor was obscured by a shopfront in the 19th century. The original arrangement of the first floor was three large windows, each with four small lights. Below the windows were plastered panels on the exterior with nine wooden panels inserted into the timber frame and exposed on the interior face. All three windows had large wooden shutters set in narow grooves. Substantial remains of the rest of the timber framing survive. A full report is in preparation.