Former High Cross Coffee House

The Former High Cross Coffee House is a building dating from around 1895, designed by Edward Burgess. It is constructed of red brick with painted ashlar dressings and has plain tile roofs, featuring three brick stacks and a moulded wooden cornice. The building stands three stories tall.

On the High Street side, the central entrance consists of double doors set in a moulded ashlar surround, flanked by Doric columns. There are two shop windows on either side, with panelled pilasters beside them. Above the entrance, there is a central two-storey bay window with tripartite glazing bar sashes, and below each window, there is a pargeted panel. To the right, there are two similar windows, and to the left, two glazing bar sashes, followed by another tripartite bay and a further bay with single sashes. Attached to the right is a lower shop wing that features a round-headed doorway and an altered shop front. The canted corner of the building has a pair of double doors, also flanked by Doric columns, with a two-storey bay above that includes a glazing bar sash and pargeted panels in between.

On the Highcross Street side, there are three shop windows to the right, separated by pilaster panels. This is followed by a round-headed doorway and a carriage arch with a segmental pedimented surround. Above, there are two two-storey bay windows with tripartite glazing bar sashes, each with a pargeted panel below. To the right, there is a similar single sash bay window, and to the left, there are three glazing bar sashes on each floor.