53 And 55, High Street

TQ 1656 SE 12/147 7.9.51

LEATHERHEAD HIGH STREET (west side)

Nos. 53 and 55 (formerly listed as No.43 and 45)

GV II

Formerly The Blue Bird PH. House, now 2 shops with offices over. Probably later C17, much altered. Perhaps of timber-framed construction but now roughcast, with red tile roof. Rectangular 2-unit plan. Two storeys and 2 bays, with attics; modern shop fronts inserted at ground floor; sashed windows of 4 and 12 panes at 1st floor; steeply-pitched roof with two 6-pane sashed dormers flanking a chimney stack on the slope. (Flat-roofed addition to the rear, not of special interest.) Interior altered. Forms visual group with The Dukes Head PH to the right (q.v.), and is included for group value.

Listing NGR: TQ1673056484