High House And The Trading Post

High House and The Trading Post is a house and shop with origins dating back to the 14th century or earlier, featuring later additions and alterations, including an 18th-century facade. The building is timber framed and plastered with ashlar lines, topped by a red plain tiled roof that is hipped to the left with a gablet. It has a large red brick chimney stack on the left and a large attached square shaft chimney stack on the right rear wing.

The building has a moulded eaves cornice with brackets on the right, possibly covered on the left. It is two storeys high with a basement. The first floor has a four-window range, with two vertically sliding sashes on the left and two 17th-century four-light leaded casements with pightle hooks on the right.

On the ground floor, from left to right, there is a 19th-century red tiled double shop front bay with a recessed part-glazed door, a two-light small paned vertically sliding sash window, and three steps leading to a fine six-panel door with a traceried round head light above. This section features plain pilasters with moulded capitals and bases, and a raised open pediment with dentilled soffits. To the right, the original blocked shop front has three pilasters with moulded capitals and bases, a plain frieze, and a moulded cornice. There is also a small paned vertically sliding sash window and a shop window in the upper frame, along with a basement window with a grill below.

To the right, a lower level red tiled painted brick faced building follows the curve of the road into Queen Street. This section is two storeys high, featuring double vertically boarded doors leading to a through carriageway with a 20th-century window above. Part of this property may be interconnected with 1 Queen Street. The complex has several rear ranges, with the left rear range showcasing 13th or 14th-century down-braced crown post roof construction and a lightning scarf to the top plate, along with some 17th-century panelling. The right side is said to contain panelling, a carved overmantel, and beatitudes.