49 And 51, High Street

49 and 51 High Street is a building that likely dates from the 17th century and was altered in the 18th century. It has three storeys and is constructed of colourwashed brick. The first floor features a string course and a moulded and coved cornice. The roof is steep with old tiles and has a gable end.

The facade is elaborate, with three-storey projecting bays on either side of a slightly projecting central bay, which has a moulded cornice at the top. The roof extends down to the first-floor ceiling level between the bays. The left bay is fully glazed on the upper floors and features late 18th-century sash windows, with one window on each side, above an overhanging carriageway that provides access to No 47 High Street. The right bay is narrower and has tile hanging. It has similar window arrangements on the upper floors, but with leaded casements, some of which have been altered or blocked.

The central bay includes angle pilasters on the second floor and has a two-light window on both the first and second floors. The recessed bays between the projecting ones each have one window on the first floor: No 49 has paired flush-framed sash windows, while No 51 has a three-light leaded casement. The ground floor features plain early 19th-century shop fronts beneath a common frieze and cornice. There were originally two doors next to the outer bays and a central door, but the left-hand door has been converted into a window. This window and the central entrance to No 49 still show remnants of flanking stone piers. The shop door of No 51 on the right has early 19th-century glazing with a rectangular, radiating, and wreathed fanlight.

At the rear of No 49, there is an 18th-century wing with narrow, slightly projecting brick bays.

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