3, High Street

This is a large house on a corner site, originally dating to the 17th century but substantially refronted in the mid-18th century. The building is constructed of brick, with some areas faced in incised render, and features a moulded stone cornice to the parapet, a slate roof that is hipped to the High Street end, and three brick stacks. One stack is a very large square design with four joined flues and a moulded stone cornice. The building has an L-shaped plan, with an angle partially filled by a single-story shop unit with a curved front.

The main house and an adjoining former stable range, now incorporated into the house, have two storeys, displaying four and three windows respectively facing into the angle. The windows are twelve-pane sashes in shallow reveals, with splayed brick voussoirs visible on the brick section of the facade. The main doorway was originally located slightly left of centre, but has been moved to the right and sits on a rendered block with a flat wooden hood. The curved shop front has a large 19th-century shop window to the left, featuring a moulded wood architrave, and a central doorcase with attached Doric columns, an open dentil pediment (which is weathered), a blocked fanlight, and a 20th-century door. To the right of the door is a plate glass window with a pointed arch and moulded stone architrave.

Inside the house, there is a fine turned baluster timber staircase, believed to date from around 1700, with a wreathed handrail. Plaster friezes decorate the hall, and a very large fireplace is concealed in a ground-floor room to the right of the main door, utilising the substantial chimney.