Hazlitt House

Hazlitt House is an early 18th century painted brick house located on the south side of Noble Street. It features a plain tile roof with gabled ends, and the taller central bay has a hipped roof, brick pilaster quoins, and a string course. The building is two storeys high and consists of four bays. It has two and three-light casement windows with leaded panes, some set in segmental-headed openings. To the left of the centre, there is a moulded doorcase with a glazed door and a hood supported by brackets. A plaque above the door notes that the Reverend William Hazlitt lived here from 1787 to 1813, along with his son, the essayist and critic William Hazlitt, who resided here from 1787 to 1799. The house has a brick chimney stack near the centre and another at the east end. At the rear, there is a gabled wing with stone coping and moulded kneelers. Inside, the rear ground floor room features 17th century panelling, reportedly from the church, with a fluted frieze and carved panels above an 18th century moulded stone chimney piece. Adjacent to the south-west are the derelict remains of the Old Victorian Chapel, where William Hazlitt, senior, served as minister.