3 And 5, West Street

Two houses, built around 1700. They are located on the south side of West Street, Belford. The houses are constructed of brick in an English garden wall bond, with a stone basement and ashlar dressings. They have Welsh slate roofs. Each house is two storeys and two bays wide. Number 3, on the left, has four steps leading to a boarded front door. It features a small four-pane window to the left and two twelve-pane sash windows to the right, with matching sash windows on the first floor. Number 5 has six steps with handrails leading to a panelled front door, and two twelve-pane sash windows on each floor. A ground-floor sill band runs along the front, and a first-floor string course separates the floors. The ground-floor windows have stone lintels, while the first-floor windows have flat arches. The first floor has alternating quoins. The roofs are steeply pitched with end and ridge stacks. The interior was not inspected.