53, Hague Street

53 Hague Street is a house with an attached barn that was originally two cottages. It dates from the early 18th century, with late 18th-century additions and 20th-century alterations. The barn was converted for domestic use early on. The building is constructed of coursed millstone grit with tooled ashlar dressings, topped with a stone slate roof and a ridge stack that has weathering.

The house has a single-depth, two-unit plan with an added lean-to. It is two storeys high and features quoins. The front has a range of two windows, each floor containing two 3-light recessed mullion windows. The left side has a single 2-light recessed mullion window on the first floor and a blocked window at mid-floor level, which is partly obscured by a single-storey lean-to porch that has a plank door in a flush ashlar surround and a 3-light chamfered mullion window to the left. The rear elevation shows a vertical building break and vertical breathers, along with scattered 20th-century windows, including a single former 2-light mullion window in a chamfered surround on the far left and large 20th-century glazed double doors to the right. All windows have 20th-century casements with diamond leaded glazing.

The interior was only partially inspected, focusing on the ground floor. It retains ceiling beams in the principal room and kitchen, with exposed joists and floorboards, some of which are likely original. There is a stone arched fireplace under a beamed inglenook in the principal room. A former circular stone bread oven in the kitchen has been removed by a previous owner.