24 AND 24A, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)

A house, now flats and a shop, was originally built in the mid 16th century, with significant alterations in the early 18th, early 19th, and 20th centuries. The front is timber-framed with a rendered brick facade and plain tile roofs, while a rear range is constructed of purple brick with red-brick detailing.

The two-story building features an attic and cellar, with a five-window front. The front elevation incorporates three hipped dormer windows, one notably taller over No. 24A, each containing small-paned horizontal-sliding casements. A plain parapet rises to a taller parapet above No. 24A. The first floor of No. 24 has three recessed sash windows with segmental heads and keystones. An original early 19th-century hopper head and downpipe are located on the east edge of the facade. No. 24A features two similar windows situated at a slightly raised level. The ground floor of No. 24 has two canted bay windows with small-paned sashes, connected by a lead flat roof forming a porch; within this recess is a centrally located early 19th-century six-panel door with raised-and-fielded lower panels. No. 24A has a 20th-century shop front.

A two-story early 18th-century extension projects from the rear of No. 24 at a right angle. This section uses purple brick with red-brick dressings and features a half-hipped plain tile roof. It includes a large ridgeline stack and two dormers with horizontal-sliding casements, alongside a larger 20th-century dormer on the east flank. The first floor of this rear elevation has three 12-pane sash windows, two of which retain early thick glazing bars. A raised string band is present at the first-floor level, and two segmental-headed windows are on the ground floor. The west side of the roof features a flat-roofed structure housing a corridor. A 20th-century flat-roofed extension is located at the rear of No. 24A.

The interior of the original building reveals a mid 16th-century timber-framed construction with a former front jetty to No. 24. The east wall retains much of its original timber framing, with visible close studding. Stop-chamfered joists are present, and a narrow bay at the east end is distinguished by a heavy bridging joist and tie beam at first-floor level. An inserted attic floor, likely dated to the late 17th or early 18th century, sits above the first floor of No. 24. A semicircular-headed doorway leads from the timber-framed section to the early 18th-century block, featuring fluted pilasters and a keystone decorated with egg-and-dart and a 'daisy' pattern. Previously arched doorways in the party wall between Nos. 24 & 24A are now blocked. No. 24A was substantially rebuilt in the 20th century. A rear room contains elaborate 19th-century hardwood decorations, including a panelled ceiling and large quadrant brackets springing off moulded wall posts.