120, High Street

This is an early 18th century house, with later 19th and 20th century alterations, now used as offices and a residence. The building is constructed of red brick with slate hipped roofs, and has a rectangular plan with a 19th century addition to the west, and principal chimney stacks on the east and west sides.

The north, or front, elevation consists of a two-bay block and a one-bay extension. The ground floor has a sash window with flush brick voussoirs and a keystone, and four-over-four glazing bars. A raised doorway is accessed by steps with cast-iron railings, featuring a segmental pediment, a moulded string course, and fluted pilasters. The door has eight fielded panels and a narrow fanlight. An early 20th century shop front extends across the width of the western extension, featuring curved plate glass windows, a wooden frame, a coloured leaded glass frieze, and a deep architrave and cornice. The first floor has three similar sash windows with flush frames and four-over-four glazing.

The rear, or south, elevation is divided into two units. The eastern section is a two-storey, attic-roofed block of two bays with a peg-tiled gable. The western section is a 19th-century two-storey block with a hipped, peg-tiled roof, both pebble-dashed. The ground floor includes a French window with glazed panels and a 20th-century door with a glazed panel. A sash window with three-over-four glazing is also present. The east end elevation features a rendered wall with remnants of old wall spurs, an internal stack, and a junction of peg tiles and slate at the apex of the front hip. The west end elevation has a 20th-century door, double folding doors with full-height glazing, and a simple 19th-century sash window with a segment head and internal stack. A garage canopy covers the rear area.

The interior has been largely rebuilt, and original 18th-century room divisions are no longer apparent. The roof of the 18th-century unit includes butt-side-purlins. The rear of the 18th-century block shows irregularities and cracking in the rendering which suggests underlying timber framing. The narrow span of the building is typical of early town buildings and it is thought the house may incorporate an earlier 17th-century timber-framed core that was re-fronted in brick during the 18th century. The building forms a group with Nos. 108-114 and No. 120 on the High Street.