8 And 10, Museum Street

A pair of small houses dating from the 18th century, with 20th-century additions and renovation. The houses have a timber frame and plastered walls, with some brickwork and a peg-tiled roof, and red brick stacks. They are arranged in a U-shaped plan with rear extensions. The houses are one and a half to two storeys high, including a cellar.

The front, east-facing elevation has been largely restored in the 20th century and features a three-window range. The ground floor has two three-light casement windows with 6x3 panes of glazing on the north end, and a single sash window with 4x4 panes, with a raised cellar window below the pavement. Two doorways are interspersed with the windows, one with a simple peg-tiled hood on brackets, a boarded and battened door, and another combined with a sash window with an upper glazing of 2x3 panes and a lower panel of 3, the area below now bricked. Three gabled dormer windows are positioned above the windows below, each with double casements and 4x3 panes of glazing. A large brick stack rises from the roof apex at the south end, with a second stack between the central and north windows.

The rear, west-facing elevation has been extended in the 19th and 20th centuries, with most features now dating to the 20th century. The north wing has two phases, with the principal two-storey section having a rebuilt red brick stack at the west end and a further red brick ground floor extension. A single 19th-century sash window with glazing bars is present. All other windows are 20th-century casements and a 20th-century door. A secondary lean-to is located in the internal angle. A central two-story, flat-roofed addition, with a two-window range taken into the original roof pitch, features 20th-century casements. The south wing’s north side has a 20th-century door and adjacent double casement window.

Inside number 10, the interior has been entirely reworked in the 20th century, including a relined cellar lit by a raised street light.