56, St Andrew Street

This is an early to mid-18th century house, later altered in the 20th century, and now used as a shop with a flat above. The front is red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, featuring some overburnt grey headers. The plastered right side and the rear are rendered, and the left side is pebbledashed. The roof is old tiled, with a double gabled 'M' shape.

The front elevation has two flush-set sash windows, with glazing bars in the upper sash only, each with a moulded architrave surround. A plat band runs along the first-floor level. The ground floor now has a mid-20th century shopfront with a glazed door and multi-pane window, replacing a former window and a six-fielded panelled door that previously stood under a hood supported on consoles (recorded as removed during a survey prior to the 1973 listing). The roof features a gabled dormer window to the left of centre, a prominent central valley running parallel to the street, and a deep, moulded wooden cornice on the street facade. There are two tall red brick chimneystacks with a projecting band and three long orange clay pots, positioned on the left side.

The rear of the house has a two-storey Victorian bay window with two sashes, and a long, narrow, single-storey weatherboarded outshoot with an old tiled roof.

Inside, several rooms retain 18th century moulded wooden cornices and panelled dados on the first and ground floors. Fireplaces include 19th and early 20th century grates and surrounds. The newel staircase has a moulded close string, urn and barley-sugar twist balusters, a moulded handrail, and a simple panelled dado, continuing up to the attics where the balusters are plain stick style.

The house was occupied by Lord Salisbury's agent in the 18th century, reflecting the extensive property holdings of the Gascoyne Cecil family in the town, including Cecil House at number 52.