Number 14 High Street And Number 2 Church Street

Number 14 High Street and Number 2 Church Street is a house, now a shop, dating from the early 18th century, with a 17th-century core and alterations from the early to mid-19th century. The building is constructed of red brick, painted at the rear, with some grey sandstone ashlar dressings, and likely incorporates a timber-framed core. It has a plain tile roof and an L-shaped plan, with a single-bay rear wing. The building is two storeys and has an attic.

The front has a moulded stone plinth, a dentil brick cornice at first-floor level (possibly a former eaves cornice), and a rebuilt parapet with moulded red sandstone coping, and a section of moulded grey sandstone coping to the left. The left-hand return front has a toothed-brick eaves cornice and a returned toothed-brick verge. There are brick ridge stacks, one just off-centre to the left and one to the rear range. Two dormers are present; the left one is gabled with a two-light leaded wooden casement, and the right is a lean-to against Number 15, with a single light. The first floor has c.1700 glazing bar sashes with thick bars and exposed boxes, painted stone cills, and lintels. The ground floor has a late 20th-century top-opening casement to the left, and a late 19th-century canted shop front to the right, with a base of late 20th-century tiles, 1:2:1 lights with thin circular wooden mullions, and a fascia above. A central half-glazed door has a mid-19th-century panelled surround and is accessed by three steps with late 20th-century tiling and railings to the left.

The left-hand return front features a 6-pane attic window with a painted stone cill and lintel. First- and ground-floor glazing bar sashes have painted stone cills and lintels. A roughly central door has a surround consisting of a reeded architrave with roundels at corners and a moulded cornice to a small hood. An inserted late 20th-century panelled door is to the left. The rear of the building has a c.1700 wooden cross window with small leaded quarries.

The interior includes 17th-century collar and tie-beam roof trusses with queen struts. There is an early 18th-century dog-leg staircase at the rear of the stack, with a closed string, turned balusters and square newel posts. A 17th-century oak winder stair leads to the attic. The rear wing contains a pair of chamfered spine beams, one with run-out stops, and old oak floorboards. The ground floor at the front has not been inspected.

It is possible that the parapet is a late 18th-century addition and that the building formerly had an eaves cornice with parapeted gables. The left-hand end wall appears to be a rebuilding from the early to mid-19th century. The building includes Number 2 Church Street.