1 And 1A, High Street

1. 1578 HIGH STREET (North Side)

Nos 1 &1A TQ 9220 1/201

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1. No 1. Late C18 or early C19. 3 storeys, 5 windows. Yellow brick or mathematical tiles with rusticated stone quoins. Eaves cornice and entablature with architrave which has brackets supporting the roof. Upper storey windows have moulded stone sills supported on moulded brackets. Moulded string course at sill height. Middle storey windows have shouldered stone architraves, central window has pediment. Cl9. Sash windows with original glazing bars. Stone moulded cornice to ground floor carried over protruding side rusticated quoins. Balcony oven central doorway has stone balustrade. Protruding doorway with rusticated stone arch, flat hood on 3 heavy stone brackets, forms balcony floor. Panelled door has semi-circular fanlight and some decorative ironwork. C19 double shop fronts each side of the main entrance with pilasters. This building has a wing on the north east side which was originally a separate building. Cl8 2 storeys, 2 windows. Tiled roof. Upper storey weatherboarding, lower storey painted brick. Sash windows on upper floor, northern one has original glazing bars. Modern display windows and entrance doors on the ground floor. No 1A is part of the same building as thee main block of No 1. Doorway has entablature with cornice and moulded architrave.

Nos 1 to 4 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ9220520494