17: Tim’s Newsagent


This narrow building, squashed between the Market and the Mitre, was once the Mitre’s coach office. It is a Grade II* listed building together with the Mitre next door (ref. 1485/311).


| Occupiers of 17 High Street | |
By 1846–1913 |
Mitre Coach Office |
| 1913–1917 | Bates & Co. Florists |
| 1918–1976+ | Thomas Long Confectioner |
| 1998 | Candle Light Candle shop |
| 2000–2001 | Avenue 5 |
| 2002–present | Tim’s Newsagent |