6, Angel Hill

House, now offices. Probably built in 1696 with earlier fragments incorporated. The building is constructed of red brick laid in Flemish Bond with some dark headers on the front and part of the north side; the remainder is timber-framed and rendered. An off-centre ridge stack with a tall plain shaft is surmounted by 10 chimney pots. The roof is steeply pitched in slate, fully hipped with wide eaves and a plain eaves soffit.

The exterior comprises three storeys and cellars. The front elevation has five small-paned sash windows to both the first and second storeys, and three similar but smaller windows to the top storey, all with cased frames and gauged brickwork to the heads with timber sills. A large small-paned fixed window with diminished side-lights is set in the north gable wall, and a late 17th-century two-light casement window with square leading is positioned in the attic on the south side. A single-storey Edwardian extension to part of the rear contains a canted bay window. Raised brick bands mark the divisions between storeys. The entrance is at the north end into a single-storey section forming part of the main facade, with a door of six flush panels and applied mouldings, a rectangular fanlight divided into three panes by vertical glazing bars, and a moulded architrave to cornice and surround.

The cellar is mainly contemporary with the house, lined in red brick with some reused stone blocks, particularly in the rear wall, and is partly tunnel-vaulted with one corner fireplace. A separate section in a low tunnel vault extending below the street appears to be of greater age, lined chiefly in flint with some Tudor brick in the arch.

On the ground floor a dog-leg stair of around 1700 features barley-sugar twists, a moulded handrail and panelled dado. The principal two-bay room has a corner fireplace and is enclosed by early 18th-century floor-to-ceiling pine panelling with panelled internal shutters, all bearing graining which appears to be original. Similar panelling and graining occurs in the small room at the south end, with trompe l'oeil panels painted on the flat surface along the south wall. This room contains a bolection-moulded fireplace surround; another in the same style is found in one of the rear rooms. Also at the rear at the south end is a chamfered 17th-century main beam with jewelled stops, possibly linking with the adjoining property. A half-glazed door from the single-storey entrance hall to the Edwardian extension contains fine reused painted glass, featuring the head of a bearded man with a cocked hat surrounded by strapwork and cartouches set against small square panes painted with floral motifs.

On the first floor the principal front room has a corner fireplace with an eared mid-18th-century surround, frieze with ornate scroll decoration and enriched dentil cornice. One rear room contains various sections of reused panelling lining the walls, some linen-fold and some Jacobean in style. Many of the ceiling beams and joists, exposed during floor-board repairs, show evidence of re-use, with many bearing two sets of assembly marks and mostly set flat. Evidence for the rearrangement of components is particularly strong in the attics. A Kendall print of 1774 shows the roof formerly had three gables.