35 and 37 Castle Street

This is a late 18th-century house with 19th-century extensions and shopfront alterations from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The house is constructed of red brick with a tiled roof. The main building has a hipped roof facing Castle Street, while a rear wing and other extensions have gabled roofs.

The Castle Street (north) elevation is three storeys high and has a symmetrical design of three bays. Simple brick pilasters mark the left and right corners. The ground floor features two separate shop fronts, one remodelled in 2019 in a historic style with reeded pilasters and a signboard with lighting; the other a late 20th-century red metal-framed shopfront with a red-framed glass door. Between the shops is a panelled timber doorcase with an open pediment and flanking pilasters, sheltering a panelled door with a stained-glass semi-circular fanlight. At the first floor are three evenly-spaced windows containing six-over-six sash windows, each topped with a shallow segmental arch and a stucco lintel. Two circular pattress plates above the left-hand window indicate an earlier structural repair. The second floor has three windows with three-over-six sashes and similar stucco lintels. A simple cornice sits above these windows, with a substantial lead-cased timber gutter ornamented with star motifs above the cornice.

The Church Walk (east) elevation shows the main building as three storeys high, with a two-storey gabled rear wing to the south. A single-storey extension with a shopfront and corner entrance projects into Church Walk. The ground floor is primarily the shop front, remodelled in 2019 in a historic style with reeded pilasters and a signboard. An angled, late 20th-century extension is to the left of the shopfront. The first floor is less symmetrical than the Castle Street elevation, with windows of varied widths and heights, all with multiple lights and sash glazing. There are four windows at first floor and three at second floor, with the fourth bay blank. Four pattress plates indicate historic structural repairs. Simple brick pilasters are positioned between the first and second bays and on the corner with Castle Street. The lead-covered gutter, also visible on Castle Street, is a prominent feature of the elevation. The two-storey rear extension exhibits simple corbelled detail at eaves level, featuring a single ten-over-ten sash window.

Inside, the house has a restored open string dog-leg staircase with turned balusters, fluted square newels, a moulded handrail, and shaped tread ends. Segmental arches with imposts and keystone are present in the entrance hall and on the first-floor landing.