52 and 52A High Street (EHER 38339)

A late 16th century house, now shops, offices and flats, with 18th century alterations and 20th century alterations and additions.

October 1951. Grade II listed. A late 16th century house, now shops, offices and flats, with 18th century alterations. It is built from pinkish red brick in Flemish-bond with rubbed and moulded brick detail, and the rear walls are covered in render and pebbledash. The roof is covered in plain tiles and the building is three storeys, with a parallel rear range and wing. It has a plain parapet, with a brick string band at its base, supported on two downward tapering, fluted brick pilasters. The brick of the second floor is slightly pinker and may be later than the storey below. The ground floor has a central pedimented doorcase with short attached Tuscan columns on pedestals, against a rusticated stucco backing with flat arch and triple keystone. There is a 20th century shop front which has an interrupted fascia, piers of rusticated stucco and four openings, three with small-paned windows. To the rear, a two-storey 16th century timber-framed block, with gabled plain tile roof, projects at right-angles and is surmounted in part by a further storey. This was originally of three bays with an attic storey with A-frames, part in the roof, but the floor levels are now altered. Internally, the first floor of the front range has a room on the western end with mid 18th century panelling, a dentilled plaster cornice and a fireplace. All the first floor front windows have folding shutters in reveals. Other parts of the front range have dado and skirting and some old doors and architraves. The second floor, now a flat, has some old raised-and-fielded panelled doors. <1> <2> See photos <3>. The building abuts No.50A High Street (EHER 38338) to the west and No.54 High Street (EHER 38341) to the east. Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.