88 And 89, High Street

Nos 88 and 89 on High Street in West Cowes is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 18th century. It features a house with a shop and malthouse to the north, originally timber-framed but refronted in the late 18th to early 19th century, separated by a carriage arch. The house, number 88, is constructed of red brick on a cemented and rusticated plinth, topped with a slate roof. It has two storeys, a basement, and attics, with five windows and two dormers. The three central windows project and are topped with a pediment, featuring a Sun fire plaque. The eaves cornice is adorned with wooden modillions. The windows are sashes with intact glazing bars. The entrance has a doorcase with engaged Tuscan columns, an open pediment, a semi-circular fanlight, and a six-panelled door accessed by four steps.

The shop and malthouse, number 89, consist of a timber-framed structure from the 17th century or earlier, encased in red brick in the late 18th or early 19th century. Visible ceiling beams can be seen above the carriage arch. This building also has two storeys and attics. The shop to the north features a 19th-century shop window, and above it, on the first floor, are two round-headed windows with ornamental cast iron glazing bars that create a grille effect, as they are only partly glazed. Above these is a gable with a round window of similar ornamental design. The malthouse extends back to the waterfront, partly built of stone rubble, and has five round-headed windows on its south front, all fully glazed. At the rear of the house is another malthouse or warehouse made of tarred brick and weatherboarding, which also features similar ornamental windows.