19 High Street

19 High Street is a building that likely dates back to the late 16th century. It is a timber-framed house with a narrow front and a deep rear wing. The front of the building was remodeled in the early 19th century, possibly on a new alignment. It served as a public house until the late 19th century and has since been used as a shop.

The street-facing elevation is a mid to late 19th-century alteration of an earlier structure. The original timber framing is believed to remain in the side walls, although it is not visible. The rear wing is also timber framed. The front elevation is finished in painted brick, topped with a low-pitched slate roof. The building has two storeys and features a two-window range, with a passage entry on the left. The shop front includes a central four-panelled door with an overlight, flanked by paired shop windows with small panes. A moulded fascia runs across the entire facade. The upper windows are four-pane sashes with flat-arched gauged brick heads. The wide rear wing is timber framed with square panels and some arch bracing, filled in with painted brick panels.

Inside, the front room is divided by step-stop chamfered axial and transverse beams, creating an uneven ceiling. There is a blocked corner fireplace, and a massive axial stack is located at the angle of the main range and rear wing, with the fireplaces also blocked. This stack occupies one of the two bays of the wing, and there is a Queen-post truss in the central bay.

Overall, this building is a remarkably complete example of a 16th-century timber-framed house, with a later 19th-century front elevation.