106 High Street

106 High Street is a house that also served as a building society and offices, dating from around 1700, with later additions and alterations, including what is likely early 19th-century stucco on the front facade. The building is constructed of stucco over brick and features a hipped plain tile roof with stuccoed end stacks.

The plan is double depth with a central entrance and a service range to the rear left. It has three storeys and a window arrangement of 1:3:1 on the first floor. The exterior has a central breakforward, with stucco detailing that includes horizontal rustication on the ground floor and a band on the first floor. The windows on the first and second floors have tooled architraves, and there is a crowning cornice. The first and second floors feature 6/6 flush sash windows with sills, while the ground floor has renewed 6/9 flush sashes. The central entrance is approached by three renewed steps leading to a part-glazed, four-panel door with sidelights and an overlight, all set in panelled reveals. The doorcase is adorned with slender pilasters and an entablature. The rear of the building retains 6/6 sash windows.

Inside, the property retains some original joinery, including panelled reveals around the windows and two-panel doors on the upper floors. The door to the attic stairs is made from cut-down re-used wall panelling. There is a fine full-height staircase at the rear, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, featuring an open-well design, a large cross-section moulded and ramped handrail, barley sugar twist balusters, and panelled newel posts with moulded caps and turned pendants. The roof is framed and pegged in hardwood. The building occupies a significant corner site opposite the Cathedral Church of Christ and St Mary.