49 And 51, Fore Street

49 and 51 Fore Street are two houses, one of which has a shop. No. 50 was formerly a bakery linked to a flour mill located in the rear court. The buildings date from the 1790s, though there is evidence of an earlier structure at the back. They are constructed from local grey limestone rubble and feature a slate roof with gabled ends. The stacks have cement-rendered shafts with platbands, and there is a cast-iron gutter.

The main block is one room deep and two rooms wide, with a central through-passage and a deep rear plot flanked by walls. The rear of No. 49 includes a rendered wing at right angles, while No. 51 has a two-storey wing dating from the late 17th or early 18th century.

The exterior is three storeys high with an asymmetrical four-window front that has regular fenestration and a modillion eaves cornice. The ground floor features a central entrance to the passage with a recessed overlight, and the passage is paved with local limestone. No. 49 has a 20th-century replaced timber door, a 16-pane 20th-century timber sash window to the right, and two 4-pane horned sashes. The shop front on the right has pilasters on either side and an entablature with a cornice and a moulded frieze. It includes a three-light late 19th or early 20th-century shop window with a moulded frame and mullions, with access through a half-glazed door in the passage. There are four first-floor and four second-floor windows, all of which are 12-pane late 18th or early 19th-century sashes.

Inside, the right-hand block contains a massive bread oven on the right wall of the rear room. This oven, likely from the mid-19th century, is lined with neatly-laid stone and has been truncated at the front. The same room features a chamfered, step-stopped axial beam. This building is notable for its interesting features and traces of earlier origins. The walling and ruins in the rear court, which are not included in the listing, are associated with the former industrial use of this medieval plot, although the mill at the end of the plot has been demolished.