56, High Street

No. 56 High Street is a house that was originally two or three dwellings, dating from the 17th century and extended in the 18th century. The building features a timber frame that has been cased in red brick and partially pebbledashed. It has tiled roofs, with some machine tiles, and an irregular plan. The house is two storeys high.

The right side of the building towards the rear showcases the original two-bay timber-framed range, which has a central entrance and recessed three-light timber casements, with two lights on the ground floor to the right. The eaves are dentilled brick. At the left end of the rear is a tall 17th-century multi-flue stack, which connects to a taller 18th-century block that is closer to the road and slightly projects forward. This block has one bay with an entrance and three-light timber casements featuring cambered heads, as well as dentilled eaves beneath a half-hipped roof.

To the left, there is a two-storey lean-to extension that is entirely pebbledashed, with an entrance and two-light timber casements with cambered heads. At the back of the original range, there is a catslide roof over an early lean-to outshut. Behind the main 17th-century stack, there is a two-storey 18th-century block with three-light casements, ground floor cambered heads, dentilled eaves, and a hipped roof. The rear of this taller block has a ground floor three-light casement and two lights in the rendered attic, which displays exposed plates and purlins.

Attached to the end furthest from the road is a lower outbuilding that is weatherboarded with a cement-rendered gable end. Inside the house, some of the original framing is exposed in the early two-bay range, featuring jowled posts supporting cambered tie beams.