53 High Street (EHER 38340)

A late 19th century shop built from red brick in English-bond with ashlar dressings. The roof is covered with machine-made plain tiles and decorative ridge tiles. The ground floor has a 19th century shop front with ashlar surround and there is a wide elliptical stone arch over a 20th century metal shop front.

October 1996. Grade II listed. A late 19th century shop built from red brick in English-bond with ashlar dressings. The roof is covered with machine-made plain tiles and decorative ridge tiles. The building is three storeys and has a symmetrical frontage with a wide central bay, flanked by narrow side bays. There is a plain parapet with ashlar coping and a moulded band below. The first floor has a canted ashlar bay window comprising plain sash windows with moulded brick jambs and ashlar keystone. The ground floor has a 19th century shop front with ashlar surround with projecting ashlar cornice, and with a coffered soffit on brackets and end consoles. The shop opening is flanked by three coupled Gothic shafts, the central one rising to the flank consoles and all with moulded capitals and bases. There is a wide elliptical stone arch over a 20th century metal shop front with keystone and panelled spandrels. <1> It abuts No.51 High Street to the west and No.55 High Street (EHER 38342) to the east.