16, High Street

No. 16 High Street is a house in a row that dates from the 16th and 17th centuries, with an early to mid-18th century front. It features timber-framing and a front made of Flemish bond brickwork, while the roof is not visible behind a parapet. The building has a two-room depth plan, with a stack on the right party wall, a central staircase, and a throughway to the left. There is a rear wing from the 18th century that creates an L-shape.

The exterior is three storeys high with two windows. It has 12-pane sash windows in moulded flush boxes, with small brick-on-edge heads on the second floor and segmental heads on the first floor, all featuring stone cills. A late 19th-century full-width shop front includes pilasters with swept consoles supporting a fascia with a moulded cornice above a very deep 20th-century fascia over plate glass and an aluminium front. To the left, there is a low 4-panel part-glazed 19th-century door leading to the throughway. The building has a full-width moulded cornice above the second-floor windows, a deep blocking course, and a coped parapet.

The back of the main building is rendered and features braced square-panel framing. The throughway showcases framing on each side, including a deep-chamfered beam that dates to the 16th or early 17th century. There is also a narrow gabled wing made of brick with tile and various blocked openings.

Inside, the ground floor has been significantly modified, making the underlying structure largely invisible except in the throughway. On the first floor, there are two transverse boxed beams and a deep chamfered beam from the 16th century carried on a post on the south side. A notable late 17th or early 18th-century winder staircase features twisted balusters, a moulded handrail, and square newels. The top floor includes a pair of large jowelled posts, a remnant of a moulded beam in the back wall, and a large plate or roof tie, although the roof itself was not accessible for inspection.