83 And 84, High Street

Nos. 83 and 84 High Street is a house that has been converted into a shop. It dates from the early 18th century, with origins in the mid 17th century, and has undergone various additions and alterations, including a ground-floor shop front added around the 1990s. The building is constructed of pinkish-red brick in Flemish bond, featuring stucco keystones, timber sills, and a cornice, topped with a plain tile roof. It stands three storeys high and has six first-floor windows. The first-floor windows are 1/1 flush sashes, while the second floor has 6/6 flush sashes. All windows have flat arches made of gauged brick and raised keystones adorned with foliate motifs, with cornices on all keystones. A renewed crowning cornice is present as well.

The ground floor features a glazed shop front supported by timber columns, with entrances on the left end and in the centre. Inside, the first floor retains original joinery, including panelled shutters, although the ground floor has been renewed. A fine early 18th-century staircase remains on the second floor within a stair turret, featuring a large cross-section moulded handrail, substantial turned vase balusters, and ball finials. The attic retains interrupted tie-beam trusses in the front range, which have been cut back to accommodate the 18th-century brick refronting. There is a two-panel door in the attic, along with an out-of-situ section of early 19th-century balustrading that has slender turned balusters with knops and turned newel posts. A small section of dado moulding in the stair turret on the second floor indicates where this later staircase replaced the original 18th-century staircase on the lower floors. The rear wing also contains two 17th-century roof trusses and some framing.