79 and 79A High Street

House, now a commercial premises; early C18; front was remodelled in the mid-C20; further alterations, including partial rebuilding of rear additions, in the later C20.    MATERIALS: constructed mainly of brick, rendered to the front, and may possibly incorporate some timber framing (Inventory of Dorset; Poole History Online, see Sources). The roof is covered in plain tiles and there are brick gable-end chimney stacks and a brick stack at the rear.   PLAN: single-depth plan with rear additions.    EXTERIOR: the building has two storeys and attics and the additions are single storey. The principal (north) elevation is four bays with two shop fronts. 79 High Street has mid-C20 plate-glass windows, a lobby entrance with a mosaic floor bearing the name MORTONS, an awning and a modern fascia. It has a, probable early C20, timber panelled stallriser and flanking pilasters with reeded mouldings. The shop front to 79A is mid-C20. On the first floor each bay at first-floor level has a timber two-light window with leaded panes set within plain recesses, and above is a coved and moulded eaves cornice. There are two rooflights which replaced earlier dormer windows, and further rooflights on the rear slope.