126 High Street

The original front of the building is still visible on the first floor in the form of sandstone ashlar, ornately carved into a striking twin-spire feature with ship motif. Finials, probably original to the construction of the sandstone façade still sit on the spire tops. This is merely a façade as no actual first floor exists. The ground floor frontage is a blue-painted wooden façade representing the present occupiers of the building.

At the back, on the first floor, a brick façade remains shaped to fit a gable end with chimney still inset; it is safe to suggest that a gable roof originally existed, but has since been replaced by modern slate tiles. The back of the building has also been recently extended and a fire escape been added leading from the flat roof down into the yard adjacent to West Row.

Materials used:

1. The ground floor front is a wooden façade, ornately painted, and the first floor is sandstone ashlar, ornately carved, and bonded by mortar. It may be noted that the mid-riff between the ground floor and sandstone façade is cream coloured render of a more recent date.
2. The back is mostly late 19th Century brick in English Garden Wall bonding. This has then been extended a few metres into the back yard by modern brick in a simple repeating stretcher bonding. Number of storeys: 1/2 (possible basement)

Fenestration and doorways:

1. A double door has been built into the modern façade, and a single door has been built into the modern extension at the back.
2. Four large decorated windows at the front, and one large modern upvc window alongside the back door.