21 Broad Street

The building comprises a pair of houses dating from the mid to late 18th century, with a later 19th-century extension to the rear (west). In the late 19th or early 20th century, the ground floor was combined into a single retail unit and the upper floors were converted into flats.

The external walls are rendered; the ground floor of the east and north elevations and the rear elevation of the main range are finished with smooth render, while the upper floors of the east and north elevations have a roughcast finish. The rear extension is of red brick with a timber-framed side return. The roof is now covered with modern artificial slate.

The building follows a rectangular plan, with its main east-facing elevation on Broad Street and a rear extension to the west.

The original three-storey, two-bay range to the east has a pitched roof. The east elevation is symmetrical; the ground floor contains a matching pair of entrances with uPVC doors and blocked fanlights, each within a timber doorcase featuring a moulded open-pediment hood supported by fluted consoles and panelled pilasters. A late 19th or early 20th century window with leaded clerestory casements sits between the doors, set within a moulded stucco architrave. A simple fascia board with console brackets runs above the doors. The first, second and third floors each have two timber sash windows set within moulded surrounds flush with the facade, with stone or stucco sills. The first-floor windows have a three-over-six pattern of glazing, the second-floor windows have six-over-six, and the third-floor windows have a three-over-three. A deep eaves overhangs the third-floor windows.

The north elevation, facing New Street, is largely blank, except for a small window on the ground floor set within the infill of a larger window; the cill of the original window remains visible. A moulded string course runs along the ground-floor ceiling height. The rear (west) elevation of the original range has a single timber casement window on the first floor and a single uPVC casement on the second floor. Dormers with casement windows are set into the western roof slope, and a 20th-century brick stack rises through the western roof. A two-storey, pitched-roof range extends westwards from the main east range; it has a uPVC casement window and brick scarring on its west elevation.