Castle Bank And Attached Boundary Wall

A house, originally a single dwelling, now divided into two houses at 5 and 5A Castle Bank, and its attached boundary wall, was constructed in 1873. Designed by Watson Fothergill of Nottingham for the Misses Woods, it was altered later in the 19th century. The building is of red brick with ashlar and blue brick dressings, and has green and grey banded slate roofs with coped gables. It features two large coped stacks, one of which has been altered. The architectural style is Gothic Revival.

The house has a plinth, a first floor sill band, ashlar bands, and a traceried eaves band. It is three storeys high and has a three-window front. To the left is a large, three-storey canted bay window with four sashes and a pyramidal roof topped with a finial. The ground floor of the bay is blank, with two sashes to the left return. Above the ground floor, a paired sash window with a central shaft is flanked by single sashes. Above that, three smaller single sashes are positioned. To the right of the bay, there are two small sashes. Above them, on the first floor, a pointed arched cross casement with a quatrefoil head is located, and above that, a small mullioned window is set into the eaves band.

The left return is fronted by a brick boundary wall with a plain balustrade and moulded brick coping. A central opening leads to a panelled timber-framed porch, set at an angle, with a half-glazed, segment-arched door. Above the porch is a pair of sashes with a brick mullion, and above that, a gabled through-eaves dormer with a traceried round window. The right return features an angled corner window, three lights wide, with shafts, under an ogee corbel with a datestone.

This building represents Watson Fothergill's first house in the Park. The boundary wall has a central opening revealing a panelled timber-framed porch set at an angle, with a half-glazed segment-arched door.