7. Boswell House - 25 High Street

Boswell House - 25 High Street

The current building, which now comprises of two attached dwellings, stands on the site of buildings shown on the 1608 and the 1773 maps of the village. In 1900, a mortgage was taken out by Thomas Eales, the then owner, to carry out work to the building, probably the erection of the shop. The 1911 Census records Thomas, then aged 65, and his family living in the property, with Thomas's occupation listed as "Grocer and Draper" and his son, Laurie as an "Assistant in the Business".

The end wall is of brick and had at low level, a 'ketch' hole, which supplied the immediate area of the village with water from the Boswell Brook.

The shop was sold in 1926.