4-10, Paradise Street

4-10 Paradise Street consists of four small courtyard cottages arranged in a row, originally five, with No.2 at the west end recently demolished. These cottages pre-date 1848 and have undergone later alterations. At the time of the survey in 1991, they were partly used as storage and partly unoccupied, with No.10 being the most complete of the four units. The cottages are constructed from watershot coursed squared sandstone, and while the roof is not visible, it is likely made of stone slate.

The cottages have a single-depth plan, with each unit being single-fronted and built in pairs. The doorways of each pair flank a central lobby entry doorway. The exterior features three low storeys, but all have been remodelled to two storeys except for No.10. Originally, there were four windows on the first floor, but this has been altered to five, and there is a square-cut stone gutter cornice. Nos. 8 and 10 have triple doorways with square-cut monolith jambs and lintels, which were originally of equal height; however, the lintel of No.8 has been raised to accommodate an overlight. No.10 has one window on each floor, with the topmost being square, all of which have raised plain surrounds but are now blocked. There is also a small oblong window at the first floor above the door, which is also blocked. No.8 has a similar small window lintel above the doorway, an altered window at ground floor, and an enlarged window at first floor. Nos. 4 and 6 have lobby entry doorways similar to Nos. 8 and 10, but the former doorway to No.6 has been changed to a window, and the doorway to No.4 has been raised (with the lintel still showing the painted number "4") and is now blocked with brick. Both of these cottages now feature 20th-century windows. The cottages represent an unusual survival of a type of dwelling that was generally prohibited after the Public Health Act of 1848.