59, 61, 63 AND 65, HIGH STREET

This is a house and adjoining inn, now divided into four separate houses, dating back to the 17th century or earlier. It has been significantly altered with 18th-century brick facades and rear extensions, and a 19th-century shopfront to number 61. The building is timber-framed and largely clad in red brick, with number 65 featuring a pattern of red and grey bricks. The roofs are steep and covered in old red tiles, with the rear ranges having hip roofs.

The frontages of numbers 59, 61, and 63 are uniform, with a wide carriageway running through the northern end of the block. The building is two stories high, facing west. A first-floor window has a two-light Yorkshire sliding casement. Above the carriageway is a finely detailed elliptical brick arch constructed with gauged red brick, featuring a keystone and impost blocks. Generally, the windows are sash windows; those on the first floor have 4/8 panes, while those on the ground floor have 8/8 panes. There is an eaves cornice along the front. Number 61 has a small shop window with pilasters and an entablature. The entrances include a small pointed door hood and plank door to number 59, a six-panel fielded door to number 61, and a panelled, half-glazed door to number 63.

Inside the carriageway, there are exposed heavy flat joists resting on a main axial beam, along with a fully framed partition on the south side. The south gable of number 63 reveals timbers from a collar truss and clasped-purlin roof. Number 65, formerly the Plough Inn until around 1918, is two stories high, with three windows and a central door. It has two-light casement windows with cambered arches on the ground floor. The entrance door is battened and has a reeded surround with mitred corners and a projecting cornice. The interior of number 65 contains a 17th-century staircase and panelling.