23 and 24 High Street

The buildings at 23 and 24 High Street comprise a house in a row with a 20th-century front incorporating 18th-century windows, built onto a 17th-century core, and a later 18th-century rear extension. The front is painted brick, the main body is timber-framed, and the roofs are tiled with a brick stack. The building has a right-angle plan, with a wide-gabled front rebuilt in timber framing onto an existing timber-framed structure, and a further brick wing with a mansard roof.

The building is three storeys high and has two windows at the front. Good tripartite windows with a 4:12:4-pane arrangement are located at the first and second floors, set beneath rendered lintels. The ground floor has a deep 20th-century fascia over 19th-century pilasters, concealing modern plate glass shop fronts and a glazed door. The rear elevation is constructed with heavy braced framing and brick panels, with a rear wing exhibiting a steep gable and a queen-post roof truss with brick infill. Extending beyond this is a light timber-framed wing, brick-nogged and incorporating tension bracing, and topped with a tiled mansard roof and a cropped gable stack.

The ground floor interior has been opened up and features a row of posts supporting a chamfered longitudinal beam. Within the display window, the last jowled post retains a jetty bracket. The upper floors were not inspected. There is believed to be an old stone cellar, however this was not accessible during the review.