85, Cheap Street

No. 85 Cheap Street is a building dating from 1625, located on the northeast side of Cheap Street. The front facing Cheap Street and part of the Long Street front are constructed from 19th century stonework, which has been cleaned, restored, and re-roofed in the mid-20th century. The building is two stories high with a one-window bay front on Cheap Street. It features a splayed oriel window on the first floor and a plate-glass shop front below that extends around to Long Street. The Long Street front includes two gabled dormers. On the first floor, there are three modern mullioned windows, two of which have transoms. There is a blocked older cellar opening with a mullion. To the east on Long Street, there is a lower 17th century range that retains part or all of a two-story five-light bay, with the right-hand end being splayed. The building has moulded string courses, and to the right, there is a new or restored three-light mullioned window with an old drip mould on the ground floor, and a sash window three panes wide on the first floor. The tile roof is continuous with the premises occupied by Henry Durrant Antiques. Nos. 73 to 85 (odd) form a group.