58, High Street

No. 58 High Street is a row house with a shop, featuring a facade dated 1885, although it contains some earlier fragments inside. The building is constructed of brick and terracotta, now covered in colourwash, with a hipped Welsh slate roof that has a ridge running at right angles to the road and brick chimney stacks.

The exterior consists of three storeys and a single bay with a right-angle plan. The shop front is likely original, although the doorway has been moved from the right to the centre. It features fluted pilasters with lionhead capitals, a very shallow fascia, and a quasi-Jacobean cornice. Above the former main window and the doorway are three panels of leaded lights with coloured glass. The first and second floors have a square oriel window in a Jacobean style, arranged in 1:3:1 lights with a transom, set on a moulded lower sill supported by four brackets. This oriel is topped with a steep-pitched gablet and a deep decorated frieze between the windows, which is matched by similar panels in the main wall. The gable decoration is in Jacobean style and incorporates the initials WH along with the date 1885. There is a stack located to the right.

Inside, the shop has been significantly altered and the original staircase has been removed. However, the rear gable features a 12-pane sash window with thick glazing bars, and the front first-floor room includes a 19th-century fireplace. The dado panelling, particularly under the window, appears to be reused material from the 17th century. The second floor is plain, and there is no access to the roof. This distinctive late 19th-century facade, along with the evidence of 17th-century fabric, contributes to its significant townscape and historical value.