65, 67 AND 69, CASTLE STREET

A row of three houses, originally one, dating to the 17th century, with additions in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building has a timber-framed and plastered exterior, along with brickwork, and a peg and clay tiled roof. The original structure formed an L-shape, with later additions filling the internal angle.

The front elevation has a three-window and two-door arrangement. The ground floor features a 2-light casement window, a 2-pane door with upper glazing, a double-hung casement window with 4x3 panes, another 2-pane door set in brick infilling, a 2-light casement, a 3-light casement, and a 6-pane door, with the upper panels now glazed. The first floor has two 2-light casement windows, one 3-light casement with 3x2 panes, all overlooking the street. Brick stacks, one pink and one red, are visible.

The rear, north-facing elevation includes a principal range to the east and the gable end of a wing on the west, with a visible side purlin. A brick buttress is present on the east side. A 20th-century single-story addition with a red brick facade and a single casement window is also present. A 19th-century two-story gable addition, parallel to the street range, has a slate roof and prominent brick stacks at each end. 19th-century windows and doors have segment-headed tops. A sash window, a cellar window with a segment-headed frame, an inserted doorway, a 3x3 pane door with glazed upper panels, and a large segment-headed aperture (now partly blocked) are also present. Upper floors feature two sash windows with 4x4 panes and a single casement window.

The east end elevation has blank gable ends. The west end has an irregular arrangement of windows and a 20th-century single-story addition.

Inside number 65, original features are mostly obscured. Visible elements include principal bridging joists with 17th-century lambs' tongue stops, an elm roof with trapped side purlins, and Roman numeral carpenters' marks.