49 And 51, High Street

This is a house, now used as two shops, dating back to the 16th century or earlier. It has undergone alterations around 1741, as indicated by a rainwater head, and further changes in the 19th century. The building is timber-framed, with roughcast on the upper part of the front elevation, which is plastered and appears as ashlar. The north wall of the carriageway is dark weatherboarding. The roofs are covered in steep old red tiles.

The house is a long, L-shaped building of two storeys, with jettied sections facing the street and a carriageway leading to the rear. The front is divided into three sections, with a higher jetty in the centre featuring three-light flush mullioned and transomed windows above. At each end, lower jetties are present, featuring two tall, segmental-headed flush box sash windows with keystones to the moulded architraves, all set under a wide plastered eaves soffit. A fine, wide, moulded Tudor arch with carved spandrels defines the carriageway entrance. A 19th-century shop front is on the left, featuring a central entrance and arched-headed lights in the windows. An early 20th-century shop window is at the south end, while at the north end there are two small rectangular shop windows above a continuous sill.

The rear wing is weatherboarded above a plastered ground floor. Behind number 49 is a long, two-storey white weatherboarded range. A two-storey gabled northwest wing to number 51, linked via timber-frame and brick nogging, incorporates a slated, hipped granary. An 18th-century rear wing is situated in the angle beyond the stair tower. A projecting south gable chimney from the 18th century is notable for its tumbled offsets. The ground floor of the central part of the house features heavy, moulded beams.