38 Stafford Street

This is an 18th-century house with later alterations and additions, situated on an L-plan. The main part of the house fronts the street and is three storeys high, with cellars beneath. A two-storey rear wing extends from the main block, and single-storey outbuildings are attached to the rear of the wing.

The house is constructed of red brick with some sandstone block to the rear wing. The roofs are tiled, with two 20th-century brick ridge stacks, one to the left gable end and one to the right. The front elevation has a stone plinth, a projecting band, and a dentil brick cornice at eaves level. The ground floor has two 8/8-pane sash windows without horns. A door with six raised and fielded panels, a moulded architrave, and a late-20th-century open-pedimented hood leads to the front. The first floor has 6/6-pane sash windows with horns; the second floor has timber casements. All window openings have painted flat heads and cills. A painted bay to the right (number 36) is not included as part of the listed building. The rear elevation has a casement window to the first floor and sash windows in dormers breaking through the eaves.

The rear wing features dentil brick eaves cornices and an informal arrangement of openings to its east and west elevations, now fitted with modern casements. A door to the east driveway may be a modified carriageway. A large brick ridge stack rises from the rear wing's roof. Attached to the rear of the wing are single-storey outbuildings built of brick and sandstone with tile roofs.

Internally, the two principal rooms of the ground floor have been combined, with 20th-century fireplaces at each end. The first-floor structure retains exposed spine beams dating to the late 17th or 18th century, some incorporating reused timbers. A lateral enclosed stair is located at the rear, alongside a kitchen with an inglenook. A late 18th or early 19th-century spine beam is present in the kitchen. The upper floors contain some exposed timber structure, including altered and reused elements. Various ledged plank doors are found throughout the house. The rear wing and its extensions contain no architectural features of significant historic interest.

Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, the attached outbuildings are excluded from the listing.