NHER 12226 (Building record) - 8 to 12 High Street

February 1949. Listed, Grade II.
Original Listing Description:
"17th century, brick. Tiled with swept valleys, two front Dutch gables. Front plastered and painted. Two storey and attic. Pedimented hoods on gables. Good chimneys. Five sash window at first floor, glazing bars remained to No 8. Modern shop fronts. 2nd floor band.
Nos 2, 4 and 8 to 12 (even) [NHERs 46900 and 12226] form a group with No 49 Priory Road [NHER 46908]."
P. Watkins (HES), 18 July 2022.

February 1977. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
House, now with shop on ground floor, long, with Dutch gable at each end of facade (E), each enclosing a window with pediment supported on little corbels. Thus not long after 1600. Tiled roof. Chimneys truncated after building was listed. Fair condition.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 16 February 1977. Information from record card (S1).
P. Watkins (HES), 18 July 2022.

June 2002. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NLA).
Mid-17th-century house with two crosswings, one not projecting beyond the stem block. Interior mostly concealed or altered but some decoration visible. Traces of former attached building at end of north wing may redate main house. Remarkable vaulted cellar similar to other 13th-/14th-century examples, but dateable details obscured.
See report (S2) in file.
(S3) and (S4) of 1997 roof restoration in file.
See also (S6).
E. Rose (NLA), 19 June 2002.

According to [1] the façade became unsafe and was dismantled in March 2007. Original materials stored with the intention of reconstruction.
E. Rose (NLA), 14 March 2007.

September 2009. Delisted.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 17 August 2010.