R Gwinnel and Sons, Funeral Directors and Robert Clubb and Sons and the Special Touch (EHER 25433)

22, 22A and 24 High Street; a 16th century timber framed house, now three shops.

Now a corner terrace of three shops. The building is dated to the 16th century or earlier with 19th century plastered brick walls. It has a grey slate roof with small hip. On the south Street corner, there is a grey slate lower roof to (right) Bikes and Things, which is continued in red pantiles to The Special Touch (far right). It is three storeys to corner bays, two storeys and attics to right with flat headed right dormer. There is one three storey bay to High Street and two similar bays to South Street (left) return, the angle bay curved with a two storey sunk panel, brackets to moulded surround, moulded cornice over, doorway below with similar brackets to surround, curved frieze and curved moulded canopy. Full height pilasters with bases and moulded capitals either side of the doorway and at end of this tall block. 2:1 window range to South Street and High Street respectively of small paned vertically sliding sashes with margins. Shop window to each face each with pilaster with bases and brackets supporting the frieze and moulded flat canopy, window with central mullion and upper transom. Pierced ventilators. To the right the three bay two storey range has three small paned vertically sliding sash windows to first floor with pilasters with moulded capitals between and to left and right, they rest on a central band and terminate at eaves band. Moulded eaves cornice. Bikes and Things (right) has a 19th century shop front with recessed 20th century door to left, windows with central mullion and upper transom with pierced ventilators. <1> Photographs <2>