14 High Street

The property is a late 17th century, two-storey house with an attic, situated on the north side of High Street. It has undergone alterations and extensions over the centuries, with a rear range added in the 19th century and now incorporated into the main dwelling.

The house is built of limestone rubble with a stucco finish to the front elevation, and painted render to the rear. The rear range is constructed of brick. The roof is slate, originally thatched, with stepped stone coping to the east gable and brick stacks at each gable end. A single-storey section of the rear range is tiled with 20th-century concrete double Roman tiles.

The building has a double-depth plan, originally featuring a through passage, although the two rear rooms are now combined into one. The south-facing front elevation has a central entrance accessed by a shallow step, with a projecting porch that had been removed for repairs in 2012. The entrance door has six panels and glazing to the upper two. It is flanked by early 21st-century eight/eight-pane sash windows set in square-headed architraves with stone sills, and two further replacement sash windows are on the first floor. The rear elevation has a more informal character. A pair of French doors, a rear entrance with a half-glazed panelled door, and an inserted single-light window are on the ground floor. A late 20th-century metal staircase (fire escape) has been added. The 19th-century rear range has a half-glazed door flanked by two-light casements - all early 21st-century replacements - on the ground floor, and no windows on the first floor. The northern section of the rear range has a three-light window with vertical bars, and a doorway to the right.

The interior is largely altered but undergoing restoration. The right-hand reception room is entered through a 19th-century quadripartite folding door within a semi-circular-headed opening. A deep, round-headed alcove with a moulded architrave is located either side of the chimney breast, and some original timber panelling remains to the window recess. Many fireplaces have been reinstated with new surrounds, and new staircases to the first floor and attic have been fitted. Historic roof timbers remain, including principal trusses with tie-beams, although the tie-beam to the left-hand truss was removed. The north half of the roof has four trenched purlins, and two rows of purlins are on the south side. Rafters are mostly intact, though strengthened with additional timbers.

The property is fronted by cast-iron railings, extending along the front and to either side of the entrance.