5, King Street

No. 5 King Street is a house, now used as offices, dating from the mid-18th century, with a mid-19th century top storey. The building features a buff brick facade and red brick elsewhere, topped with a slate roof. It stands three storeys high with a dormer attic and is arranged in four bays. To the left, there is a pedimented doorcase supported by engaged Ionic columns beneath a metope frieze. The ground floor has three sash windows, and the first floor has four sash windows, all with glazing bars and set under gauged skewback arches. A stone bracket cornice marks the original height of the building. The 19th-century top floor is illuminated by four horned sashes, also with glazing bars and gauged skewback arches. Below a pierced brick parapet is a dentil cornice, and the gabled roof features two gabled dormers and internal gable-end stacks.

Inside, a passageway entrance leads to the rear and a square staircase hall. The staircase is a notable feature, with a round open well, open string, and two turned balusters per tread, each tread ending in scroll carving. It has a ramped and wreathed handrail, and matching dado panelling. Fluted Ionic engaged columns support the staircase at each turn, with a gallery formed at the first floor. A round-arched staircase window at this level has glazing bars, and the space is adorned with plaster modillion coving and an elaborate chandelier rose. The ground floor front room is enhanced with large-frame panelling, and above the fireplace is an eared plaster picture frame on brackets, flanked by scrolled consoles. This frame features a fruit and flower swag within the apron, with additional swags above and fruit and flower trails decorating the sides. The main room above has similar plasterwork and panelling, and the other principal rooms also feature large-framed panelling. The front range and rear wings have staggered butt purlin roofs.