38,39, HIGH STREET

Nos. 38 and 39 High Street is a shop with accommodation above, which may have originally been a house and shop. It dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century and possibly features a refronting of an earlier building, along with late 18th century or early and later 19th century extensions to the rear. The structure is built of red brick in Flemish bond with timber studding and brick gable ends, while the rear is partly constructed of brick in English bond. The gable-ended roof is covered with plain tiles arranged in a diaper pattern, and the rear wings have slate roofs, one of which is hipped. There are short brick gable-end stacks.

The main front range appears to have been refronted in the late 18th century or early 19th century and has two gable-end stacks. The ground floor now consists of one large shop. To the rear left is a 19th century wing made of English bond brickwork, and in the angle to the rear right is what seems to be a late 18th century or early 19th century extension. The building is three storeys high and has four bays. The windows feature rubbed brick flat arches; those on the first floor have late 19th century sashes, while the second floor has early 19th century twelve-pane sashes with plastered reveals. There is a wooden modillion eaves cornice. The ground floor has a large late 20th century shopfront with a high fascia that reaches up to the first floor window sill level. On the left side of the front, there is a moulded lead rainwater head. At the rear, there is a gable-ended wing to the right and a hipped roof block in the angle to the left, which also contains late 18th century or early 19th century twelve-pane sashes. The interior has not been inspected.