56 And 58, High Street

HIGH STREET 1. 1594 (West Side) Nos 56 & 58 SU 1429 NW 3/74 1I* GV 2. Later C18 refacing of C14/C15 timber framed building. 3 storeys painted brick or more likely mathemetical tile facing to upper floors which overhang ground floor on deep plaster cove. Narrow moulded wood cornice and plain parapet with stone coping. No 56 has 2 flush framed sashes, no glazing bars, on 2nd floor and a Cl9 canted bay window on 1st floor. No 58 has one flush framed sash and small casement on 2nd floor, tripartite sash and single sash on 1st floor with glazing bars intact. Across ground floor a pair of early Cl9 shop fronts, No 56 in original state with 10 pane window, glazed and panelled door, in thin pilaster frame. No 58 shop has been altered but retains pilaster frame. Behind the front of No 58 the original timber framework, showing a double overhang, has been exposed. Some C17/early Cl6 panelling.

Nos 50 to 58 (even) & No 64 form a group with Nos 37 to 51 (odd).

Listing NGR: SU1425929781