5 and 7 London Street

A pair of early C18 houses, altered around 1760 and again in the late C20.

MATERIALS: the building is constructed of red brick laid in a variation of Flemish bond with pantile roofs.

PLAN: the building faces west onto London Street, and is roughly rectangular in plan with rear eastern extensions.

EXTERIOR: it is a two-storey building with a dormer attic. The roof is gabled with four flat-topped C20 dormers fitted with two-light casements. There are internal gable-end chimney stacks to the north and south. The north gable shows the roofline of the early C18 house, with brick tumbling. The houses have a symmetrical principal elevation with quoins and a moulded eaves cornice and are seven window bays wide. The windows are six-over-six pane sashes under segmental gauged skewback arches. The central windows on each floor are blind. Each house is entered through a doorway in the penultimate bays to the right and left. Both entrances have timber doorcases with hoods on console brackets. 5 London Street has a double-leaf six-panelled door. 7 London Street has a four-panelled C20 door. Both buildings were converted into two restaurants in the late C20.

INTERIOR: 5 London Street has chamfered bridging beams and the ground-floor front rooms have been opened into one space. 7 London Street retains an early C19 brick fireplace.