33,35 and 37, High Street

Nos. 33, 35 and 37, High Street comprise three buildings: two houses (Nos. 33 and 35) and a shop (No. 37). The southern block dates to around 1700, with the northern section being 17th century, and the shopfront at No. 37 dating to the 19th century. The buildings are constructed of red brick, likely incorporating timber framing, and have steep, old red tile roofs. The south block has a hipped roof. It is a two-storey and cellar, L-shaped building facing west, but the more elaborate south elevation faces south.

Nos. 33 and 35 are a three-unit house with an internal chimney and a lobby entry plan, the chimney located in No. 33, a third from the north end of the building. The brick front has three windows to each floor, each with segmental arches and three-light casement windows. No. 33 has a four-panel, half-glazed door within a moulded frame, set under a gabled trellis porch. No. 35 has a circa 1700 six-panel fielded door with a wide moulded flat hood. There is a large central square chimney to No. 33.

The south block has a contemporary rear service bay and a deep semi-basement containing bread ovens. An iron lintel in the rear wall identifies the ovens as having been built by ‘KEMP AND SONS OVEN BUILDERS STEPNEY GREEN LONDON’. The south elevation has a fine show front and a narrow west end to the street, now with a projecting 19th century shopfront with fascia and a central glazed door. The show front has five windows wide, with a stucco plinth, moulded brick floor band, flat gauged arches to the ground floor, and rubbed brick segmental arches with fluted stone keystones to the first floor. Recessed blocking with blue brick is between the red brick window dressings of the upper windows. The first floor windows are flush box sashes with six-over-six panes. A former central door has been altered to a window. There are two segmental headed cellar windows. A similar segmental arch and keystone upper window is found in the west end, with a sash window. The rear part of the building has cross windows to the east, and a large external chimney. A door leading to the south side, reached by two steps, is covered by a flat hood on shaped brackets, alongside a small-paned oriel window to the right. A very large north rear wall chimney to the south block has six flues, a moulded capping, and projects into No. 35.

The upper storey and attic above the shop at number 37 forms a flying freehold, and is part of number 35.