1, Water Street

No. 1 Water Street is a house that has been converted into flats. It dates from the late 18th century and was restored and converted around 1985. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar and features a slate hipped roof with two chimneys on the ridge. It has a symmetrical design with three storeys above cellars and five bays, which include sill bands and a moulded cornice.

The windows are glazing bar sashes with plain reveals, while the central bay features tripartite windows with flat-faced stone mullions. The doorway resembles a Venetian window, flanked by Tuscan pilasters that rise from a sill band. The outer pair of pilasters supports an open pediment, and the inner pair separates the doorway from the flanking lights, supporting the architrave of a round-headed fanlight with Gothick glazing that extends into the pediment. The door itself has raised and fielded panels, is recessed, and has panelled reveals.

There are five external steps with nosings, and the railings are curved in plan. The left-hand return facade, which faces Cable Street, consists of three bays and has similar glazing bar sashes with plain reveals, with a chimney located on the left side. Historically, the building appears (though somewhat inaccurately) in an engraving of Lancaster from Green Ayre, created by JC Ibbotson in 1807.