45, High Street

No. 45 High Street is a shop with flats above, originating in the 16th century but rebuilt in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of stuccoed brick and has a roof made of black-glazed pantiles. It stands two storeys tall with a dormer attic, arranged in three bays. The late 19th-century full-width plate-glass shop front features a central 20th-century door, with an entrance to a passage at the left leading to the rear. The first floor is illuminated by a central canted-window bay fitted with 20th-century top-hung casements, flanked by two 6/6 sash windows under skewback arches with key-blocks. The building has a parapet and a gabled roof that includes three flat-topped dormers with 20th-century sashes. At the rear, there is a two-storey cross wing topped with a 20th-century Mansard roof, and all details in this area are late 20th-century. Inside, the cellar contains a blocked chute from the street, a boarded ceiling, and a triangular lamp niche. The upper floors have not been inspected.