19, 19a and 19b Market Place

Former house, built in the late C18, extended to the rear in the early C19, converted to two shops and an office in the late C20.

MATERIALS: of red brick in Flemish bond with flint to the rear extension and a roof of black-glazed pantiles.

EXTERIOR: the principal elevation to Market Place is of two storeys plus attic in five bays. At the centre of the ground floor there is a late-C20 plate glass door with a shallow hood on curved brackets. It is flanked on each side by late-C20 timber shop fronts in a late-C19 style, both with stallrisers, fluted pilasters with plain pedestals, plate glass windows, shallow fascias; number 19 has a half-glazed door and number 19a has a plate glass door. The first floor has five six-over-six unhorned sashes of C19 date, all within C18 flush frames set under gauged skewback arches. Above is a dentilled eaves cornice. The roof has stone-coped gable ends and two flat-topped dormers separated by a gabled dormer, all with two-light casements with horizontal glazing bars. Both gable ends have tumbling, with the apex of each gable rebuilt in the late C20 when the internal gable-end stacks were removed.