117 High Street

This is an early 19th-century house with a ground-floor shop, now used as commercial premises with a flat above. Later 19th-century additions were made, and the shop front was installed in the 1930s. The building was restored in 1994.

The building is constructed of painted brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with a concealed Welsh slate roof. A rendered chimney stack is located on the right-hand side. The rear wing is built from Flemish bond brick with grey headers, and was subsequently extended using pale and bluish brick in a less regular Flemish bond pattern. The plan follows a double-depth layout, with a contemporary rear wing that has been extended in two phases.

The property is three storeys high and one bay wide. The 1930s shop front features a recessed central doorway flanked by bowed windows, all set on a polished, veined black stone plinth. The doorway has a large glazed panel with glazing bars forming a central diamond. A tessellated pavement with the name of the former proprietors (Bright and Son) is in front of the door, and the recess soffit is panelled with a raised central diamond. The overlights to the door and windows have narrow green glass bands at the top and bottom, with glazing bars forming a diamond pattern. The shop front has panelled pilasters with tripartite pendant motifs towards the top, and fixed iron supports for the shop awning. Above the awning box, the fascia has a raised and moulded wooden border that steps back at the centre. The first-floor window is a horned sash window, while the second floor has a twelve-pane, two-light casement window. Both have brick heads. A cornice sits below a flat, curved parapet.

The rear wing comprises a one-window range with segmental-arched window openings, including a glazing bar sash on the first floor. The wider later extension has camber arched brick window surrounds and three sashes with glazing bars to the first floor. A window has been inserted into the centre of the extension beneath a timber lintel, and a similar, smaller window exists to the right on the second floor. A further 19th-century extension has been replaced in the mid and late 20th centuries.

The interior is reported to retain some early 19th-century features.