56, Upper High Street

No. 56 Upper High Street is a house that was originally a farmhouse, built in the early 18th century with later alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of coursed squared ironstone and features a slate roof, with a brick stack on the right and a stone stack on the left. It has a three-unit plan and is two stories high with a four-window range. To the left of the center, there is a double-leaf, part-glazed door that has a stop-chamfered wood lintel above it. The ground and first floors are fitted with three-light casement windows, all of which have similar lintels. The house has quoins and chamfered stone eaves at the gables. On the first floor at the rear and right side, there are one-light windows with moulded stone surrounds and hood moulds. A 19th-century wing extends to the rear right, and a 20th-century wing extends to the rear left. Inside, the property features chamfered spine beams and an open well staircase with barley-sugar balusters.