5, Old Street

This house, now a shop, likely began as a 16th-century structure with a significant 18th-century facade. It is constructed of brick, stone rubble, and timber framing, with a shallow-pitched slate roof; a small brick end stack and a stack to the rear are also present. The house has three storeys and a cellar, and features a three-window front. The upper floors have 20th-century six-over-six sash windows in earlier moulded window frames beneath segmental arches. The right-hand window is a late 19th-century six-over-six sash in a similar style, set beneath an oak lintel. A storey band is visible. The ground floor has two early 19th-century three-over-six sashes in moulded frames with cambered heads and segmental arches. The central section contains a late 19th-century shopfront with a 20th-century half-glazed door and flanking plate glass windows, set between earlier pilasters, and an overlight. To the left is a late 19th-century four-panel door with overlight, set within a doorcase with plain pilasters. To the right, plank double doors with a blocked overlight sit within a coved frame, featuring a grooved stucco lintel and quoins; a heavy fascia hood with scrolled fluted consoles is above. The left-hand returned side is of rubble with stucco quoins, and reveals a brick-blocked entrance. A wood mullion single light sits beneath an oak lintel, with a blocked oak-framed opening and fixed light above. Sandstone quoins are present, and a 18th-century brick superstructure tops the facade. The rear elevation displays some light close studding with brick infill. A 17th-century rubble range extends to the rear, featuring a plain tile roof and a four-light moulded wood mullion and transom window, partly plastered. The left-hand returned side to the rear shows timber framing with 18th- and 19th-century brick infill; a partly glazed 19th-century double door sits within an oak frame. Internally, there is a 16th-century moulded ceiling frame with diagonal stop-moulded joists and a blocked corner fireplace.