131, High Street

No. 131 High Street is a house with a shop, dating from the late 18th century, although it likely incorporates earlier elements. The front is rendered over Flemish bond brickwork and features a front range that has a throughway to the left, with a parallel back range. The building stands three storeys tall with a basement and has two windows. It has 9-pane over 12-pane sash windows set on stone cills. The 19th-century shop front includes a central recessed glazed door beneath a transom light, flanked by plate glass display windows supported by octagonal shafts with small capitals that carry arched heads, all resting on a moulded cill and stall riser. To the left is a 19th-century two-panel door under a blocked transom light, with pilasters and a full-width deep fascia featuring a moulded cornice and shaped console brackets. There is a blocked cellar opening to the right and a plain coped parapet at the top. Inside the display front, there are two shafted and banded cast-iron 'Batty Langley' columns. The back of the building has a wing that is hipped at the inner end, also three storeys tall with two windows, including a 16-pane sash at the first floor. The interior has not been inspected.