01 High Street

No.1 High Street  which is no longer there. This strange oddly shaped  building which is kind of  unique there in the High  Street has long since gone. It was demolished in the 1950s. The reason it had to be demolished  it was badly damaged by blasts during  bombing in the Second World War.  Nobody really knows how old it is but it  seems to have been dated from the 18th century  and it contained in total 14 rooms in 1911. It would have been a   big family home at some point but as you can  see in the photograph it was pretty derelict  but at the time this was taken  not long before it was demolished.  CREDIT: Ivan Bunn from transcript - Poetry People - High Street Histories

In 1947 the council planned to pull down No1 to 10, buildings which all survived the Fokker-Wulf raid of May 1943. The Then council placed a compulsory purchase order on No1 to 10 with views to demolition. 

The picture on the right was taken just after the war and due to heavy shelling a large crack appeared above the top floor windows to the corner of the building above the ground floor windows and due to this damage it was decided it was too unsafe to be occupied, it survived to the early 1960's. The building was built at the end of the 18th century and was the home of Captain Preston (Royal Navy) in the 19th century and in 1935 listed in the phone book it was the home of local magistrate Miss B.M. Doughty. OBE. CREDIT:Crispin Hook