49 And 51, High Street

HIGH STREET 1. 1594 (East Side) Nos 49 & 51 SU 1429 NW 3/87 28.2.52. II GV 2. Probably C17, altered C18. 3 storeys colourwashed brick. 1st floor string and moulded and coved cornice. Steep gable end old tile roof. Elaborate front with 3 storey projecting bays flanking and slightly projecting 3 storey central bay with moulded cornice head, the roof carried down to 1st floor ceiling level between bays. Left hand bay is fully glazed to upper floors, late C18 3 sash lights to front, one each side, overhanging carriageway on ground floor giving access to No 47 the High Street qv. The right hand bay is not so wide and is tile hung. Similar fenestration to upper floors but leaded casements, some altered and blocked. The centre bay has angle pilasters to 2nd floor. One 2 light easement to 1st and 2nd floors. The intervening recessed bays have one window each on 1st floor: No 49 has paired flush framed sashes glazing bays intact, No 51 has 3 light leaded casement. On ground floor plain early Cl9 shop fronts under common frieze and cornice. Formerly 2 doors next to outer bays and central doors the left hand door now converted to window. However this window and the central entrance to No 49 both retain remains of flankingstone piers. The shop door of No 51 to right has early Cl9 glazing with rectangular, radiating and wreathed, fanlight. C18 wing to rear of No 49 with narrow slightly projecting brick bays.

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

Listing NGR: SU1427929760