Numbers 1-6 (Consecutive) (Flats) And Medieval Remains In Garden

Numbers 1-6 on College Street are a group of flats housed in a building dating from around 1690, which has an earlier core. The exterior is roughcast with a plain tile roof that has a shallower pitch over a projecting bay and features a cross-axial ridge stack. The building is two stories high with a cellar and has a five-window range, with 20th-century 6/6 sash windows, two of which are in the projecting bay to the right. The roof displays scalloped rafter feet, and there is a small gable with 20th-century timber-framing, bargeboards, and a pendant. To the left, there is an enriched lead rainwater head dated 1690.

The entrance is located to the left of the projecting bay and features 20th-century panelled double doors with an earlier overlight, set within a moulded wood pointed arch that has quatrefoils in the spandrels. The entrance is framed by a moulded wood architrave. The left side has two 20th-century 6/6 sash windows, while the right side has one 6/6 sash and one 20th-century 8/8 sash. There is a narrow light on the right return side.

Inside, the entrance hall includes an exposed timber post with an enriched pilaster. There is a Jacobean open-well staircase with bobbin balusters, which has been altered at the first-floor level, along with exposed timbers. In Flat 2, there are moulded stone reveals in plaster and a fireplace featuring a stop-moulded beam with splayed limestone reveals. Flat 3 has a stone four-centred arch and an ashlar pier with a chamfered return. Flat 1 includes a chamfered head and an exposed brace to a wattle and daub wall. Flat 6 features a chamfered ashlar fireplace and an exposed post. The cellar contains some medieval stonework.

In the gardens, there are medieval remains, including a wall to the south and west, and a wall to the north, which dates to the 14th century. This wall is made of rubble with dressed sandstone blocking openings, and the northern wall has some brick panels and superstructure. It features two wide blocked openings with splayed reveals. The southern wall consists of two stories of stone arches, one of which has a lintel that may be a grave slab. The south face retains splayed reveals, and there is a south-west doorway with a span arched head to the east and a lower span arched head with chamfered jambs to the west side on the exterior.