68 And 70, High Street

SE 7803-7903 EPWORTH HIGH STREET (north side)

20/72 No 68 and 70

GV II

House, now house and shop. Late C18 - early C19 with late C19 - early C20 shop front. Orange and yellow brick with front in contrasting Flemish bond, rendered to lower courses. Pantile roof. L-shaped on plan: 2-room, central entrance-hall front with wing to rear right. 2 storeys with attic, 3 bays; symmetrical, with inserted shop front to right. Central entrance to No 70 has step to part-glazed C20 door in original surround with moulded lintel and overlight with margin lights beneath painted rubbed-brick flat arch. Shop front to right (No 68) has recessed half-glazed door with single-pane shop window to right; both door and window in pilastered surround with plain frieze, cornice and hood. C19 plate-glass sash to left in original C18 flush wooden architrave with sill beneath painted rubbed-brick flat arch. Similar first-floor windows and surrounds, with narrow sash to right truncated. Left gable end has 4-pane flush sash to ground floor, small attic hatch with board door. Interior not investigated. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SE7815203892