72 And 74, High Street

This is a house, now used as a bank and restaurant, built in the early 19th century. It has been extended and altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The front of the building is red brick in a Flemish bond, with a timber-frame structure and plastered walls. The roof is slate, and there are two external brick stacks at each end. A rear wing originally stood to the right, with further extensions added in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Number 72 (to the right) has a 20th-century shopfront on the ground floor. Number 74 (to the left) has an early front with three large windows, framed by plastered rusticated pilasters and consoles. Both numbers have 20th-century doors. The first floor has a 1:2:1 arrangement of sash windows; the outer windows are sashes with four panes and one light, while the central windows are splayed bays with four panes and one light, six panes and two lights, and four panes and one light, respectively. These splayed bays are set back within recesses with original splayed brick jambs, all with straight heads. A moulded wooden eaves cornice, embellished with modillions, runs around the front and to the left return, where it meets a stack. The roof is low-pitched and hipped. The stacks are cement-rendered. The building is included in the listing for its contribution to the group value of the area.