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End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey house, c.1850, on a corner site possibly incorporating fabric of earlier house, pre-1840, on site with single-bay two-storey lean-to lower return to south. Extensively renovated with replacement pubfront inserted to ground floor. Pitched roof (continuing into lean-to to return) with replacement artificial slate, clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond (shared) chimney stacks having yellow terracotta octagonal pots, timber bargeboards to gable having Fleur-de-Lys finial to apex, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered quoins to ends. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows. Camber-headed door opening to side (west) elevation with moulded rendered surround (now blocked-up with painted render over). Replacement timber pubfront to ground floor on inscribed cut-limestone plinth with inscribed pilasters, fixed-pane timber display windows having casement overlights, glazed timber panelled door having overlight, fascia with inscribed consoles, and lined cornice. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Road fronted on a corner site with concrete flagged footpath to front.

An appealing modest-scale house forming an integral component of a self-contained group enhancing the streetscape value of High Street: the house is distinguished in the ensemble by the accommodation of three storeys where adjacent properties accommodate two storeys under a similar roofline. Despite extensive renovation projects that have included the insertion of a boldly-detailed replacement pubfront of little inherent artistic design distinction the retention of the original composition attributes to the upper floors together with most of the early fabric both to the exterior and to the interior maintains the positive contribution made to the character of the street scene.