2 Church Walk

An early-C19 house, extended in the mid to late-C20.

MATERIALS: red brick with banded stucco at ground-floor level and stucco detailing and tiled hipped roof.

PLAN: rectangular on plan with the principal elevation facing south.

EXTERIOR: The principal (south) elevation is three storeys high with four bays, following the curve of Church Walk. There are twelve sash windows in this elevation, four at each floor level, all with eight-over-two windows, the lower floors having frosted lower panes. At ground-floor level the façade is stuccoed with channelled rustication, with stucco lintels and keystones inscribed above the windows. Below the first-floor window sills is a plat band and cornice in stucco. Between the first and second windows is a highly ornamented timber doorcase. This has a rectangular fanlight, flanked by Doric columns and entablature with a triglyph frieze incorporating gothic quatrefoils. At first floor level there are four windows, each in a stucco panel which stretches between the lower cornice and a higher plat band and string course at second floor sill level. At second floor level there are four further windows, each within the stucco panel which continues from the first floor. At the eastern end of the church walk elevation is a flat-roofed extension from the 1960s or 1970s, in pink-brown brick. This has five simple sash windows in imitation of the main building, three at first floor and two at ground floor. The westernmost bay has a simple panelled door.

On the west elevation, fronting Station Road, the façade is stuccoed at ground floor with channelled rustication. As on the Church Walk elevation the two ground floor windows have stucco lintels and keystones. At first-floor level, a large bay window extends down into the line of the stucco. This has a simple moulding to the base and cornice to the top. The plat band and string course continue on this elevation as on the Church Walk elevation. Above it are two sash windows, more widely spaced than at ground level, with stucco surrounds.

The eastern elevation is dominated by the late C20 extension. This is two storeys high on Church Walk and one storey high behind, with a flat roof. There are five windows at ground floor level and two above.