58, High Street

58 High Street is a shop premises built in 1903 by AE Sawday for TE Butler, Son and Co., chemists. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar and features a slate roof with lead detailing. It has a steel frame internally and is designed in a free classical style with Art Nouveau detailing. The structure consists of three storeys, with a three-window front facing High Street and a five-window front on Cart's Lane.

On the first floor, there are wooden mullion and transom display windows, while the second floor has sash windows with glazing bars. Columns or pilasters between the windows on the second floor create an arcade, which is interspersed with tall pilasters linking both storeys, adorned with swags of flowers and foliage at the top. The original shopfront for Amabis remains, featuring curved glass display windows and a central door with a carved frame and over-lights. A later 20th-century shopfront is present for Joseph's.

The prominent corner bay has a dome attic that rises above the roof level. The sides of the building are mostly blank, but a decorative leaded panel remains, featuring a pestle and mortar and inscribed 'estd.1840'. Notable features on the High Street front include two large panels of glazed tiling. One panel depicts a medieval alchemist with a pestle and mortar and carboys, set in an arcade with floral plaques and the inscription 'chemists by examination'. The second panel shows a sea scene with a full-rigged sailing vessel and the inscription 'for headache drink Sea Breeze'. On the Cart's Lane side, there is another 20th-century shop front and an iron gate with Art Nouveau details inscribed 'Butlers Goods Entrance'.

This building is a well-designed shop premises from its period, retaining much of its original detailing and featuring unusual and elaborate glazed tile decoration.