102A, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)

This building is a terrace of four shops located on the south side of High Street, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features a slate roof. The terrace is two storeys high with a basement, and each shop has two bays. The first bay of the terrace forms a return to No. 102A, which has three bays and faces Waterloo Street.

The building has a top cornice, and the windows are fitted with wedge lintels and are sashed with glazing bars. No. 98 has an inserted shop front, while No. 100 features an inserted shop window and a round-headed entrance with corbelled squat columns supporting the doorcase, which includes a complete fanlight and a six-panel door. No. 102 has a contemporary bowed shop front with a Doric pilastrade and fluted pilasters. The windows here have small-paned, fixed glazing and complete segmental fanlights flanking the entrance, which has a complete overlight and paired doors. The entrance steps are equipped with iron handrails.

No. 102A has most of its windows boarded up and features a segmental-headed window in the gable with a tripartite sash that is much decayed as of 1984. The central round-headed entrance has a Doric aedicule with an open pediment and a reeded frieze above the boarded door. The return to High Street includes an entrance with a wedge lintel, which was probably originally a window, and has iron handrails leading to the steps, with a door inserted in the first-floor window opening. The contemporary bowed shop front is noted as a rare survival.