Although there is a plaque on this house which says it was formerly a public house, local evidence indicates that the old pub know as the Cock was actually at 16-18 High St.

The post office transferred here in 1959. It was down the south side of the building in an annex.

The property belonged to the Methodist Church for many years, only being sold at the beginning of the 21st century.

Listed building

The building was listed in 1993 with listing particulars as follows.

, now shop. Probably early C17, remodelled in C18 and altered and extended in late C19. Painted stone rubble, extended in red brick. Thatched roof with gabled ends, slate roof extensions placed in concrete tiles at rear. Stone rubble gable end stacks with short brick shafts. PLAN: L-shaped on plan. The main front range is now one shop without partitions; behind the left end is a one-room plan wing with a large gable-end fireplace. Late C19 range of outbuildings was built on the end of the rear wing (one room with ovens) and a large projecting shop window was built at the centre of the front with a room above. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 3-bay front. At centre a late C19 gabled brick bay with double-fronted shop with canted windows and central door and canted bay window above. 3-light windows to left and right and doorway to left. On the 1st floor, C19 2- and 3-light casements. At rear, gable ended wing on left, various old casements with glazing bars and late C19 brick range of outbuildings attached to wing, with sash windows and 1st floor loading doors. INTERIOR: ground floor of front range now one shop with various chamfered and unchamfered axial beams and to rear left, large fireplace with timber lintel boarded over. Rear wing has deeply-chamfered axial beam with hollow-step stops and large stone fireplace with timber lintel cut away at the centre. Left chamber has stone fireplace with low (floor raised) chamfered lintel with hollow-step stops and chamfered axial beam. Right chamber has re-used ceiling beam and fireplace with roughly-chamfered lintel. Various C18 panelled doors. 4-bay roof with 2 tiers of tenoned purlins and tenoned collar. HISTORY:

Mid 20th century; number 22 was a grocers shop at this time.

Another view from around the same period. Number 22 is on the right of the picture. The sign over the door says

F Laughton

The two delivery cycles have the same on the sign beneath the cross bars.

The shop was a general store and bakers at this time.

Notice the cobbled pavement and the iron railings. The railings were commandeered during the 1939 -45 war. (/p>

Aerial view from 1930s or 1940s showing rear of 22 High Street which is in the top left quadrant. Near the camera is the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Behind that are the outbuildings of 22 High Street.

As a grocers c1970

Bill dated June 6 1900 issued to Wesleyan Sunday School next door when Mr Hopkins owned the shop. "Mealman" probably refers to feed for farm animals.

22 High Street as a Spar shop, c1970 At this time it was the Post Office and the Postmaster was Mr Penn. The post box was built when the Post Office moved here from 2/4 High Street. The room behind the 'Spar' sign was the Post Office and had previously been the 'Bacon Room' where bacon, lard, butter were stored and weighed out.

This is the main entrance to the living quarters at the side of the house behind the old grocers.

The High Street stores in the 1990s

In April 2006 the property was empty.