125, High Street

No. 125 High Street is a house that dates back to the early 17th century, with extensions made in the mid-17th century and a rear extension added in the late 18th century. Originally known as Nos. 125-131 High Street, it has been divided into four sections but is now one property. The building is constructed of limestone rubble, featuring brick lateral and gable stacks, and has a stone slate roof.

The layout is L-shaped, consisting of a two-room parallel range with a through-passage, a right-hand rear wing from the mid-17th century, and a left-hand rear service wing from the 18th century. The exterior has two storeys and an attic, with a four-window range. Openings have timber lintels, and there are two central doorways with boarded doors. The left doorway has a wide 18th-century frame and a three-plank door leading to the through-passage, while the right doorway was formerly a shop window with three plate-glass panes. The left ground-floor window has brick infill on the sides and below, with wide plate-glass sashes featuring margin bars in exposed boxes.

Inside, the through-passage is flagged and has timber square framing with brick nogging. There are doorways on each side at the front. The rear section has a two-window range with an inserted stack towards the back, a blocked doorway to the left of the current rear doorway, and a 17th-century three-light pegged timber mullion window with iron casements. The gable features a ground-floor 10/10-pane sash window. The 18th-century brick wing includes a well.

Interior details of the front range include a timber-framed through-passage, with the right-hand room featuring a bressumer over a rubble hearth and remnants of a former winder stair, now a doorway. The beams and wall plate have wide chamfers, and the first floor has a three-bay roof with early 17th-century truss blades and trenched purlins supporting extended 18th-century tie beams. The rear wing has thick walls, splayed window reveals with seats, and chamfered, stopped beams. The roof was largely rebuilt in the 19th century, but it retains a 17th-century truss behind the stack that connects to the front range, possibly from a smoke bay.