This conspicuous black-and-white timber-framed building in Stert Street has a symmetrical gabled roof and a Tudor appearance. The shopfront with large glass windows has an abandoned look. The building once housed the much loved Prices Stationers which closed in December 2021. The freehold was sold in August 2023, but no changes have been visible since and the shop remains empty. Hopefully something will happen soon to give it a new purpose.
I walked past this shop on Monday and felt so sad that Prices had gone and that nobody seemed to want to start something new. Nothing lasts for ever, but I do miss Prices.
I miss Prices too, it was a very good shop.
I visited the whole of inside shortly before it was sold. It seemed derelict and unloved. Unless the building is provided with the necessary care and attention it might be in danger. It could be as old as its companion, No 3 Stert Street, dating from the 1400s.