130, High Street

No. 130 High Street is a Grade II listed house and shops dating from the 15th to 16th century. The front part of the building features two storeys of roughcast timber-framing with two gables and cellars. The upper section, which is set back from the street, consists of three storeys of timber-framing with two gabled attic dormers and a modern tile roof. The rear of the building was raised in the early 17th century. The windows in the upper part at the back are casement windows. The south side of the front part, located on a passageway to the east, was rebuilt in brick, likely around 1929. At the north end of the passageway, there is an ancient wooden doorframe with moulded jambs and a four-centred head.

Inside, the building features moulded ceiling beams, a possibly reset 16th-century fireplace, 16th-century and circa 1600 panelling, and a queen-post roof. Historically, the property was owned around 1600 by Alderman William Boswell, a mercer who died in 1638 and was succeeded by Dr. William Boswell DCL. Dr. Boswell sold the property in 1689 to Thomas Reeve, a tobacco pipe maker, who left it to the City in 1697 for the benefit of poor widows. The Carter family, who were brush makers and fishmongers, occupied the building from around 1797 to circa 1920. The property was condemned in 1929, but the front was preserved while a new building was constructed at the back, which was damaged by fire within a few months. All the listed buildings on the south side form a group.