20, High Street

No. 20 High Street is a house that has been converted into a ground floor shop with offices above. It dates back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The building features a two-bay timber-framed structure that was originally jettied at the front and west sides. The dragon beam can be seen in the ground floor ceiling of the modern shop. The front of the building appears to have been cut back, with the jetties underbuilt, and both the front and east elevations were encased in brick around 1867. The bricks in the quoins of the left-hand ground floor windows bear the initials 'H.W.R.' along with a date below.

The exterior is made of red brick in Flemish bond, with yellow brick quoins and rubbed flat arches over the windows on the first floor and attics. There is a yellow brick dentil cornice across the truncated gable, and a 17th-century moulded wood eaves cornice along New Road. The roof, added in the 19th century, is machine tiled, featuring four courses of plain tiles alternating with three courses of fish-scale tiles, topped with modern fretted ridge tiles.

The building has two storeys and attics, with the front elevation appearing three storeys high. It has a splayed parapet across the attic to the left, which cuts into the original gabled front. The first and second floors have one recessed sash window with glazing bars, while the first floor also has two recessed sash windows with glazing bars on the New Road frontage. The ground floor features a 1970s small-paned window that replaced a 19th-century shopfront, along with a modern door and a splayed corner. There are two 1970s small-paned windows on the flank elevation facing New Road, all seemingly set in earlier openings.

Inside, the heavy studding is exposed in the ground floor east wall, along with an elliptical arched door head. Further studs are visible in the east wall of the first-floor front room, which is now only accessible from the first floor of No. 18. The attic, also accessible only from No. 18, has an exposed tie-beam dating from the 17th century in the north wall, which is also visible from the outside. This indicates that the roof was raised at that time to create a usable space.