73, High Street

This is an early 19th-century house with an interesting combination of materials and architectural styles. The front part of the house is faced with stucco over a red brick rear block, both originally covered with plain tile roofs. A later, rendered rear block has a gabled plain tile roof. The house is two or three stories high, including a cellar.

The front elevation features a parapet with a projecting panel and a recessed diamond pattern. A moulded cornice runs along the top, above a hipped roof. The second floor has two 12-pane double-hung sash windows, each with a keystone and a decorative string band at the sill level. The first floor has four pilasters with Greek incised decoration, the outer pairs supporting segmental arches framing tall 12-pane double-hung sash windows set back at ground floor level. Large double keystones feature above these arches, and each window is set in front of a segmental wrought-iron balcony, with a double string band defining the levels. The ground floor has a flat-topped bay window with small-paned double-hung sashes. The entrance is a segmental arch with a double keystone, topped by an Adamesque fanlight above a door consisting of six raised and fielded panels, with thinner pilaster strips dividing the sides. There are five stone steps leading to the entrance, with wrought iron handrails. A cellar vent is located in the plinth, with a pierced grille. A large red brick wall stack is visible at the rear.

A canted bay window with a hipped slate roof and small-paned double-hung sash windows is positioned on the south flank. A door is set within a semicircular brick arch, and a tripartite double-hung sash window with small panes is located above on the first floor. The rear blocks are two stories high, built of red brick and render. The westernmost block has a 16-pane double-hung sash window on the west face and a lean-to extension. The south flank has a mixture of small-paned sash windows and casements, including an 8-pane and a 12-pane double-hung sash on the first floor.

The interior of the ground floor features a long entrance corridor with a central moulded ornamental post, which serves as part of the stairwell. The staircase rises against the north wall, with two flights of turned balusters connecting the ground and first floors. The front rooms on both the ground and first floors have Adamesque fireplaces. A simpler early 19th-century marble fire surround is found in a rear ground floor room. A simple ledged and braced door with blacksmith-made hinges is on the second floor. The other interior doors are generally early 19th century and constructed with six panels.