54, High Street

No. 54 High Street is a semi-detached cottage that dates back to the 15th century, with alterations made in the early 19th century. The building features rendered timber-framing on a dressed limestone plinth, with parts rebuilt in brick, and has a stone slate roof. It has a gable end facing the road and a four-bay cross wing, which likely represents the remains of a larger house.

The cottage is two stories high with a two-window entrance front that is set at right angles to the road. To the right, there is a 19th-century six-panelled door, a single-light casement window to the right of the door, and a three-light casement window to the left. On the first floor, there are two 2-light casement windows. The right side of the building has a gable end facing the road, featuring a 12-pane sash window on the ground floor and a jettied first floor, along with original barge boards that have carved cusped decoration. At the rear, there is a gabled lateral stone stack, which is likely an addition from the 16th or 17th century. There is also a single-storey addition attached to the west gable end, but this is not of special interest.

Inside, the ground floor room that faces the street has a partly blocked stone fireplace with chamfered Tudor-arched openings for the main fire and bread ovens, along with a ceiling that features a moulded cross beam. The rear room has deep chamfered beams. There are inserted 19th-century stairs against a middle closed truss, which has a blocked cambered-headed doorway. The front jettied bedroom reveals a partly exposed arch-braced collar truss with moulded soffits in a two-bay open roof. The windbracing is chamfered in two other bays, with plainer trusses, collar, and tie-beams. This structure is likely the cross wing of a hall house, with the hall possibly located on the site of No. 50, which was rebuilt during the early 17th century.