10-18, HIGH STREET

Nos 10 to 18 on High Street are a row of buildings dating from the 18th century to the mid-19th century. No 10 has modern refronting and is two storeys high with two windows, featuring a tiled roof and a pebbledash finish. It has modern bow windows on the first floor and a mid-19th century shopfront with pilasters supporting a fascia, although the shop windows and doorways have been altered.

Nos 12 and 14 are both mid-19th century. No 12 has a slated roof with a gabled front, stucco finish, and dentil brick decoration on the gable. It features a splayed bay window on the first floor that replaced an earlier window with a hood mould. No 14 is made of painted brick and has segmental-arched recessed sash windows with glazing bars on the first floor, along with modern shop fronts.

No 16 dates from the earlier to mid-18th century and has been altered. It is two storeys high with a cellar and two windows, featuring a tiled roof with a dormer at the rear. The building is constructed of red brick with a painted frontage, and it has a dentil brick eaves course, plain stucco bands at the first floor and window head level, and gauged segmental brick arches over the first floor windows. The ground floor has a mid-19th century three-light window, and there is a segmental arched entrance with double panelled doors, as well as a segmental arched carriage entrance leading to the New Inn Hotel, of which the upper floors of No 16 are part.

No 18, the New Inn Hotel, dates from the mid to late 18th century and is two storeys high with a double front and two windows. It has a modern hipped tile roof and is made of painted brick with stucco detailing on the floor, cills, and window head bands, along with a parapet. The first floor features splayed bay windows, while the ground floor windows have stucco bays. The doorway is notable for its eared architrave and entablature with a pulvinated frieze and dentil cornice, supported by elaborate cast iron brackets, and has panelled reveals with an eight-panel fielded and panelled door.

Nos 10 to 18 form a cohesive group.