21 Broad Street

Pair of houses constructed during the mid to late-C18, extended to the rear (west) during the C19. The ground floor was combined into a single retail unit by the late-C19 or early-C20, with the upper floors converted to flats.

MATERIALS: the building is rendered externally, with smooth render to the ground floor of the principal (east) and north elevations and the rear (west) elevation of the principal range, and roughcast to the upper floors of the east and north elevations. The later, rear extension is of red brick with a timber-framed side return. The roof covering is modern artificial slate.

PLAN: the building occupies a rectangular plan, with the principal elevation onto Broad Street to the east and later extensions to the west.

EXTERIOR: the principal, C18 range to the east is of three storeys across two bays under a pitched roof. The principal, east elevation is symmetrically arranged. On the ground floor are a matching pair of entrances with uPVC doors under blocked fanlights, set within timber doorcases with moulded, open-pediment hoods on fluted consoles and panelled pilasters. Between the two doors is a late-C19 or early-C20 window with leaded clerestory casements within a moulded stucco architrave. Above the doors is a simple fascia board terminating in simple console brackets. The first, second and third floors each contain two timber sash windows set within moulded surrounds set flush with the façade, with stone or stucco cills. The first-floor windows have three-over-six glazing, the second-floor windows have six-over-six glazing and the third-floor windows have three-over-three glazing. Above the third-floor windows, the roof pitch projects out to form a deep eaves.

The north elevation onto New Street is blank aside from a very small window on the ground floor, set within the infilled area of a larger window, of which the cill remains. Above the window is a moulded string course at ground-floor ceiling height. The rear (west) elevation of the principal range contains a single, timber casement window on the first floor and a single, uPVC casement on the second floor. There are two, flat-roofed dormers containing casement windows on the western roof slope, and a C20, axial brick stack rising through the western roof slope. A C19, two-storey, pitch-roofed range extends to the west of the principal, east range. There is a uPVC casement window and brick scarring on its west elevation.