2 And 4, High Street

Nos. 2 and 4 High Street are houses that have been converted into a shop. They date from the early and later 19th century but encase a 17th-century building. The structure is made of red brick, partly rendered and tile hung, with clay tile roofs. Some significant timber framing can be seen internally in the southeast corner. The east elevation, facing Northbridge Street, is constructed of yellow brick. The building has an H-plan layout with a two-storey central block and two-storey cross-wings with attics. The outer gables feature a brick ground floor, a rendered first floor with mock timber framing, and attics adorned with fishscale tiles. The central block includes a 19th-century shop window on the left and a doorway beneath a sloping-roofed porch on the right. The first floor of each block has tripartite sash windows without glazing bars, while the cross-wing attics have single-light casements with glazing bars. The cross-wing gables are decorated with pierced wavy-edged bargeboards. On the west elevation, a 19th-century shop front projects at ground floor level, featuring pilasters with a moulded cornice. The first floor has three sashes with glazing bars, set beneath wooden valances with pediment heads.