Building record 179/0/10 - Warwick House, 16 & 18a High Street

Grade II listed three storey timber framed town house, now with a roughcast exterior and modern shop fronts. Believed to be the Bell Inn built for 256 pounds following the Great Fire of 1583. Wood was in plentiful supply as a building material in Britain until the 17th century. It was therefore the most practical material for house building. Timber framed buildings consist of a wooden framework (usually oak) that was infilled to created solid walls. Infill material used included wattle and daub, lath and plaster, brick and weather board. Brick nogging, (brick infill) was often used in the 17th and 18th centuries to replace earlier wattle and daub or lath and plaster infill as it was longer lasting.