48-58, GOLD STREET

A range of six houses situated around a right-angle turn in Gold Street, dating to the 17th century with early 19th-century replacement windows. Later 19th-century alterations and 20th-century rear additions are also present. The buildings are timber-framed and plastered, with brick detailing and peg-tiled roofs.

The large, L-shaped plan is evident in the frontages. Numbers 48 and 50 form a pair, with a four-window range and a gable end reflecting the continuation of a block to the south. They feature 19th-century moulded bargeboards and a central ridge stack. The ground floor has two doorways approached by steps, each with a flat cornice hood supported by consoles, a plain jamb and frieze, and a door of four flush, bead-moulded panels. There are three windows with sliding sashes, containing 6x4 panes each. A late 20th-century two-leaf door occupies a carriageway at the north end. The first floor has four sliding sash windows with 6x3 panes.

Numbers 52 to 58 have timber framing visible on the first floor and brick underbuilding on the ground floor, which is largely rendered with 20th-century pargeting. Two stacks are shared between pairs of houses, with each pair consisting of a broader three-bay unit and a narrower two-bay unit. The windows, dating from around 1900 (when the brickwork was undertaken), are sliding sashes with paired openings, either 6x3 or 4x3 panes. The doors are similar in style, also dating from around 1900, and are boarded and battened.

The rear elevation to the west and north displays varying characteristics. The north side mirrors the frontages, with red brick on the ground floor and rendered timber framing above. At Numbers 52 and 54, a peg-tiled lean-to is on the ground floor, with 20th-century doors and windows. A 20th-century casement window is on the first floor. Number 56 features a large 20th-century jettied, hip-roofed two-story extension with casement windows displaying glazing bars and a similar door. Number 58 has a contemporary, eclectic 20th-century addition, including a tall, semicircular, fully glazed stairwell with a balcony to the west, and a doorway below.