37&38 High Street

37 and 38 High Street is a pair of buildings originally constructed around 1820, likely incorporating materials from an earlier structure, as the Bear Inn was established by 1759. No 37 was formerly the Bear Inn, later becoming a private residence and then the Conservative Club in 1898. No 38 was initially a separate property but was merged into No 37 around 1950.

The exterior features painted brick and a slate roof, standing three storeys tall with a four-window range and a central entrance. There is a Doric portico porch with a renewed door and fanlight set in a moulded architrave, flanked by 20th-century inserted oriel windows on the ground floor. An arched entrance to Bear Passage is located at the right-hand end. The upper windows are 12-pane sashes with flat arched heads, while the upper storey has 6-pane sash windows below the eaves. The building has a coved eaves cornice that continues with No 36. A rear wing is largely a modern addition, possibly representing the reconstruction of an earlier range.

This early 19th-century tenement retains some of its original character and is part of a group of 18th and 19th-century townhouses on High Street.