25, Baldock Street

No. 25 Baldock Street is a house that has been converted into offices. It dates back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The building features a timber frame that is faced with stucco, showing some traces of masonry underneath, and has a cement plinth. The roof is tiled and has an eaves cornice.

The exterior has two storeys. On the first floor, there are three flush casements divided by a mullion, featuring 9-paned iron casements. The north wall has modern pargeting and a tile-hung gable, revealed by the demolition of adjacent outbuildings to No. 27. The ground floor includes two canted bay windows with sashes and glazing bars, positioned beneath a continuous jetty. The central door, dating from the early 19th century, has six raised panels with reeded surrounds and is set in a reveal with an architrave. To the right, there is a plank door leading to a twitchell that provides access to the rear yard. The rear elevation is plastered, with an external plastered brick chimney breast and a truncated brick stack above. There is a flush set sash window with glazing bars on the first floor landing in a projection that has a Welsh slated catslide roof. A long rear outshoot extends to the right along the south boundary, which is plastered and weatherboarded over timber framing, with 18th and 19th-century elements and extensive 20th-century alterations at the west end.

Inside, the ground floor has been partly opened out. It features early 18th-century ceilings with coving and ornamental plaster bands that have beaded edges, along with central bands of ribbons and fruit. There is a 19th-century stair located in a re-entrant space between the front block and the rear outshoot, which has a half-glazed panelled door with small panes and margins, now enclosed within a modern porch. The rear kitchen contains a late 18th-century fitted dresser and an 18th-century fire surround. The first-floor south room has an 18th-century ceiling with deep coving and decorated bands. The roof has a three-bay structure, with heavy paired halved rafters and side purlins featuring curved wind bracing. The roof space is subdivided with stud partitions, possibly indicating it was used as attics, although there are no apparent dormers.