1, Church Street

This is a house dating from the early and mid-18th century, with a refronting in 1794, as indicated by a rainwater head dated that year. Further alterations occurred in the 20th century. The house is built of red brick with ashlar dressings, and has a hipped slate roof, with two red brick stacks at the rear. It has an ashlar cornice with modillion details, and a central, slightly projecting bay topped with a pediment. The house sits on a plinth and extends over two and a half storeys, including a basement, with five bays. Details include a basement lintel/plinth, ground and first floor sills, and first floor ashlar bands. A central, enclosed 20th-century porch with an ashlar coped parapet provides access to the 1794 doorway, which has a six-panelled door, fluted architrave, and a decorative traceried fanlight. Ashlar pilasters flank the door, with a moulded band on the inner pilaster and decorative brackets and a dentil pediment above the outer pilasters. Single marginal lights with ashlar surrounds and flush wedge lintels are positioned either side of the porch. Further sashes are situated either side of the entry, above which is a central Venetian window with hood mould and keystone, and flanking that are two sashes. Above those are two small sashes and a central Diocletian window, all within ashlar surrounds. All sashes feature lateral glazing bars, cambered arches, and flush wedge ashlar lintels. Canted, single-storey bays were added to the east and west sides in the 20th century. The rear of the house features earlier and later wings. Inside, a well-preserved late 18th-century dogleg staircase is present, with turned balusters and decorated tread ends. The room to the right of the porch contains an Adamesque fireplace and fluted chair rail, while the room to the left has a contemporary, now painted, marble fireplace. Good quality doors are found throughout, with six fielded panels on one side, decorative shaped panels on the other, and reveals featuring similar decorative panels. The ceiling above the staircase displays matching plasterwork, including a central acanthus decoration.