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Nos 31 & 33 High Street

History:

Late Georgian shop and house premises now forming a pair of units. From at least the mid C19 the building served as a draper's shop with incorporated domestic section and a sewing room occupying the upper floor. Later C19 alterations to shop fronts and the first floor window to no. 33.

Exterior:

Three-storey, 3-bay late Georgian house and shop premises, now forming a pair of units. Of local rubble construction with slate roof and plain eaves; squat end chimney to the R with plain cornicing. 3-bay facade, slightly off-set to left. Late C19 shop fronts to each unit, that to the R (no 31) consisting of large canted shop windows with simple Gothic glazing flanking a central entrance; arched, part-glazed door. No 33 (L) has a single large shop window to the L of its later entrance, within the original rectangular bay with panelled pilasters; plain, part-glazed door. The first floor has two original unhorned 12-pane sashes to no 31 and a Victorian square wooden bay window to no 33; this with moulded cornice and triple 2-pane sashes, with single sashes to the returns. Original 9-pane sash windows to the second floor; projecting stone sills.

Belongs to a group of nos 31 & 33 High Street.

Three-storey, 3-bay late Georgian house and shop premises, now forming a pair of units. Of local rubble construction with slate roof and plain eaves; squat end chimney to the R with plain cornicing. 3-bay facade, slightly off-set to left. Late C19 shop fronts to each unit, that to the R (no 31) consisting of large canted shop windows with simple Gothic glazing flanking a central entrance; arched, part-glazed door. No 33 (L) has a single large shop window to the L of its later entrance, within the original rectangular bay with panelled pilasters; plain, part-glazed door. The first floor has two original unhorned 12-pane sashes to no 31 and a Victorian square wooden bay window to no 33; this with moulded cornice and triple 2-pane sashes, with single sashes to the returns. Original 9-pane sash windows to the second floor; projecting stone sills.

The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.