9 and 10, Risbygate Street

Nos. 9 and 10 Risbygate Street is a house, now divided into two offices and a shop, dating from the early 19th century. The building features white brick, which is painted at No. 9, combined with flint on the lower part of the north gable wall of No. 10, and has a rendered rear range. It has a slate roof and stands three storeys tall at the front, with a cellar, and two storeys at the rear.

The front range has an added top storey with a plain parapet and a stone modillion cornice. A moulded stone band between the first and second storey windows indicates the original wallplate level, and the rear slope of the earlier roof is visible from the back. The facade has five windows arranged in a 2:1:2 pattern, with the centre slightly projecting. The sash windows are in plain reveals, featuring plate glass on the first storey and a single vertical glazing bar on the second storey. On the ground storey, No. 9 has a 19th-century fascia with console brackets above a late 20th-century shop window in an Oriental style, while No. 10 has two larger sash windows similar to those above, all with flat gauged arches.

The central entrance, accessed by stone steps, has a recessed door within a segmental-arched brick surround, flanked by fluted Doric columns and topped with a fanlight that has decorative glazing. The rear range includes 12-pane sash windows. The west gable end, made of white brick, features a later 19th-century single-storey canted bay window with a flat roof.

Inside, there are no features that suggest an earlier date than the 19th century. The cellar walls are constructed of brick and kidney flint. The interior includes moulded plaster cornices, a staircase with a ramped and wreathed handrail, and ornate cast-iron balusters. The slopes of the former attics are visible in the second-storey rooms.