Archer Mansion — High Street

Terraced two-bay four-storey house, c.1825, incorporating fabric of medieval building, 1582/4, on site. Extensively renovated, c.1900, with advanced shopfront inserted to ground floor. Now in use as offices to upper floors. One of a pair. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging rendered eaves having iron braces. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls with cut-limestone date stone/plaque to first floor. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, moulded rendered surrounds, replacement one-over-one (first floor) and two-over-two (remainder) timber sash windows, c.1900. Segmental-headed door opening with two tooled cut-limestone steps having cast-iron bootscraper, timber pilaster doorcase, timber panelled door having sidelights, fanlight, and consoles supporting fascia over having dentilated moulded cornice. Advanced timber shopfront, c.1900, to ground floor on a symmetrical plan with fluted/reeded engaged Doric columns, panelled pilasters having consoles, fixed-pane display windows, glazed timber panelled double door having overlight, and fascia with dentilated moulded cornice. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Road fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.