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A commercial and domestic building, erected in the C15, divided c.1700 with C19 alterations and c.1900 shop fronts.
Materials: It was constructed with a timber frame which was later encased in brickwork. The steeply pitched roof is covered with plain tiles relaid in the C20.
Plan: On plan 2-4 St Mary's Street is formed of a rectangular range to the street front with a pair of ranges running back down the plot to the rear.
Location
House. Early C19.
Gault brick with slate roof and brick left end stack. 2 storeys and attic; 2-window range of 6/6 sashes under gauged segmental arches. Similar 2/2 sash to ground floor with doorway to right. Moulded doorcase with flat hood and 6-panel door, the upper panels glazed. 2-light flat-roofed dormer.
INTERIOR. Stick baluster staircase from 1st floor to attic. A ground-floor fireplace is dated 1846 and has initials for the Ellingham family, but may have been brought in.
Shops with domestic accommodation over, formerly commercial premises with domestic accommodation to the rear. Late Medieval with extensive recasting in the mid C18, and late C19 or early C20 shop fronts; that to number 23 with modern, arched glazing bars. Rendered brick, with possible fragmentary survival of timber-framing to the rear, and a plain tiled roof. L-shaped plan comprising a street front range adjoined at the rear by a range running back down the plot. Adjoins numbers 21 and 25 High Street.





