20 And 22, High Street

Nos 20 and 22 High Street is a building with a core dating back to the 16th century and an exterior from the 17th century. Although the structure has been largely demolished, the facade remains. The western side has been rebuilt in a style that matches the original. The building has three storeys and five windows, constructed of red brick.

The facade features a remarkable late 18th-century double-bowed shop front, complete with intact glazing bars, a modillion cornice above, and a central doorway flanked by twin engaged columns, which are fluted in their upper halves. Similar columns are positioned on either side of the shop front. Ionic brick pilasters are located beside the central first-floor window, and there is a double moulded brick cornice above the first floor, adorned with a keystone effect above the windows that flank the central window. The parapet has been recently rebuilt, and the building has a tiled roof.

During the demolition, mural paintings were discovered in several rooms, and fragments of these have been preserved and are now displayed in the shop. These include a fragment of an early 17th-century floral pattern that once covered the walls of a small rear room, a crude pattern of flowers and foliage arranged in painted panels, and a Royal Coat of Arms, possibly of James I, above the fireplace in that room. Another room contained a 17th-century fragment of a striped pattern in reds, oranges, greens, and yellows, which likely covered the walls entirely. From a first-floor front room, there are 16th and 17th-century fragments of a border pattern with trefoils in the corners, as well as depictions of an animal, possibly a wolf or lion, and foliage. All the paintings are believed to have been executed in casein bound distemper. The building retains its Grade II* status due to its pilastered brick facade and late 18th-century shop front.