244, 246 AND 246A, HIGH STREET

Nos. 244, 246, and 246A on High Street are two houses that have been divided into three parts, with one section functioning as a shop. The building dates from the late 16th century to early 17th century on the left side (No. 246), which was refronted in the 18th century, while the right side is from the early 18th century and sits over a 17th-century cellar. The left section has a timber-framed core, refronted in dark red and brown brick, extending to the right. The roofs are plain tiled, hipped on the left and obscured by a parapet on the right.

No. 246 on the left is two storeys high, featuring five courses of brick rustication on the end piers at the first floor. There is a brick modillioned eaves cornice at the base of the parapet and an end stack to the left. The front has three windows, with outer glazing-bar sash windows in open sash boxes; the lower sashes lack glazing-bars, and the centre window is now blocked. The ground floor has a plate glass shop front.

Nos. 244 and 246A on the right are three storeys tall, with a plat band over the first floor and moulded brick eaves. The stacks on the right end have been rebuilt. The second floor has two cambered-head six-pane sashes, while the first floor features two plate glass sash windows in older sash boxes. There is an early 20th-century shop front below, with a door to the right.

Inside, there are cellar rooms to the right in Nos. 244 and 246A, which contain stopped and chamfered joists in the rear chamber and a later 17th-century stopped and chamfered beam in the front. An 18th-century staircase is present above on the first and second floors, complete with balustrades. There is also an early 18th-century fireplace surround in the ground floor, along with a panelled room and an arch to the rear. Photographs of the building are held in the National Monuments Record.