77 and 79 High Street

Former post office, built in the early C19, now a shop.

MATERIALS: the roof has a Welsh slate covering, and the walls are constructed of stuccoed red brick with stone columns.

PLAN: the building is roughly rectangular on plan and faces west to High Street.

DESCRIPTION: The early C19 commercial building is three storeys in height and has a shallow-pitched slate roof. The front (west) elevation to High Street has five bays, the central three of which break forward slightly at first- and second-floor levels. The walls are stuccoed, with a projecting modillion cornice and entablature over six giant Corinthian half columns which span the first and second floors. A plain entablature divides the ground and first floors, and the ground floor shopfront is framed by 6 Tuscan half columns. The windows are arranged 1:3:1 with casement windows in architrave surrounds, those on second floor being eared. The outer windows on the first floor have cornices on consoles, and the central window has a triangular pediment on consoles. The outer bays and central bay of the first floor have French doors with balconettes bearing cast-iron anthemion decoration. The ground floor shopfront was refurbished around 2016, with two Tuscan columns reintroduced to the right of centre.