47 High Street (EHER 38337)

A brick-built shop with flat, constructed in 1893, with stone and terracotta dressings, and a flank of yellow stocks. The roof is covered in machine-made plain tiles with a decorative ridge cresting.

October 1996. Grade II listed. A brick-built shop with flat, constructed in 1893, with stone and terracotta dressings, and a flank of yellow stocks. The roof is covered in machine-made plain tiles with a decorative ridge cresting. The building is three storeys with an attic; the attic is faced by a Dutch gable with stone coping and rectangular terracotta plaques with floral ornament. Each storey is marked by a flush stone band. There is a central recessed panel on the first and second floors, with moulded brick edging. Within this, on the second floor, is a terracotta panel inscribed: 'B 1893' and two sash windows with moulded brick framing. The first floor has a central stone canted bay window. The ground floor has a 19th century shop front with a stone dentilled cornice, timber fascia, and panelled plinths supporting paired columns with fluted bell capitals flanking the opening; the central canted door recess and windows have plain glass and decorative glazed panels above transom. <1> See photos <2>. It abuts No.45 High Street (former Post Office, EHER 38336) to the west and No.51 High Street to the east.