116 High Street

Townhouse with shop, early C19; the shopfront is an early-C21 replacement.

MATERIALS: the upper floors are faced with Flemish-bond red bricks, first and second floors of the front (south) elevation are faced with red bricks. The east side elevation is constructed of brick, practically painted. The half-hipped roof over the front range is covered in slate, with brick stacks.

PLAN: the building is rectangular in plan with a narrow front elevation facing south onto the High Street.

EXTERIOR: the front elevation is three storeys, and one bay wide. The ground floor is occupied by an early-C21 timber-frame shopfront with a large fascia. Above this, there is a first-floor tripartite window with single panes divided by plain strips. On either side of the central pane are curving brackets that support a projecting cornice that forms the underside of the second-floor oriel window. This canted oriel window has three one-over-one sash windows; the two side sashes are narrower than the front face. There are plain strips between the sashes and a panelled apron below. The cornice of the oriel window continues to form a wood eaves cornice at the top of the elevation. This front range has a gable end roof, covered in slates, and a brick chimney stack to its eastern side. The side (east) elevation overlooks a narrow passageway. The side of the three-storey range is blank. Further south is the side of a two-storey wing with four windows at first-floor level, one of which is a nine-by-nine sliding sash; the other three are modern. There are three blocked-up openings at ground-floor level and a fire door to the north end of the elevation. The west and rear elevations abut the adjoining buildings.