49 And 50, New Street

49 and 50 New Street are two houses that have been converted into shops and offices. They date from the early 18th century and have undergone later additions and alterations, including a mid-19th century shop front. The buildings are constructed of pinkish-brown brick in Flemish bond, featuring flat arches made of dark red gauged brick, with stone copings and sills. The roof is covered with renewed plain tiles and has end brick stacks with oversailing courses and pots. The internal walls have timber framing.

The exterior is three storeys high and has three first-floor windows. The first floor features 6/6 flush sash windows, while the second floor has three 3/6 flush sash windows on the outer sides, with a painted blind opening in the center designed to resemble a 3/6 sash. All windows have flat arches above them. The building is topped with a low coped parapet. The ground floor has a continuous shop front with end entrances; the entrance on the right is a 4-panel part-glazed door with lower flush panels, while the two entrances on the left have lower flush panels and upper glazing. The central area has glazed windows with glazing bars and panelled aprons, with pilasters between the windows and at the ends, along with a frieze and dentil cornice.

Inside, both houses retain closed-string dogleg staircases with turned bulbous bulb-on-onion balusters and moulded handrails. They also have exposed purlins, and the party wall features rectangular framing. The house on the right, No. 49, retains some 2-panel doors.

Historically, New Street was known as Glover Street in medieval times and had changed its name by 1523. According to Hughes, in the 16th and 17th centuries, New Street was a street of dwelling-houses with workshops located behind them.