37 37A 39 41 AND 41A, HIGH STREET

This is a range of commercial buildings on the west side of High Street, dating back to the 15th or 16th century. Originally the Crown Commercial Inn, the buildings were refaced in the 18th century with brick painted white, with some slate hanging behind. They have a hipped tile roof and red brick chimneys. The property comprises six bays, with three additional openings on the ground floor. These include an open archway leading to Crown Yard, featuring a plain chamfered bressummer. Modern doorways are situated at numbers 39A and 41A. Doorways at numbers 37 and 39 are each topped with a gabled hood supported by consoles, incorporating moulded embrassures and panelled reveals. Number 41 has a doorway with panelled reveals and a modern shopfront. Three-light canted bay windows are located on the north side of the entrances to numbers 37, 39, and 41, with plate glass on the ground floor and double-hung sash windows with glazing bars on the first floor. Other windows on the first and second floors are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, with a tripartite window above number 41. Two windows at the north end of the second floor are blocked. Number 37 has a two-storey extension to the west, constructed in the early 19th century using painted brick and a pitched tile roof. The south elevation of this extension features a continuous band of mullion and transom industrial windows on the first floor and a single planked door and casement window on the ground floor. A modern balcony is located at the west end of the first floor. Number 41A also has a two-storey extension to the west, built in the early 19th century with beach flint, red brick dressings and a pitched tile roof. The south elevation of this extension has two planked doors with segmental heads on the ground floor, a loft door on the first floor, and two segment-headed casement windows with glazing bars on each floor. Further west extensions are partially obscured, but are timber-framed and feature half-hipped tile roofs. Historically, the Crown Inn was owned by the Shelleys of Michelgrove and served as a political meeting place for the Tory party in Arundel in the 18th century. Buildings at numbers 37 to 41 form a group with properties at numbers 27 to 33 and 37 to 43.