38, Churchgate Street

A house, later offices, dating to circa 1700, with an early 19th-century addition. The main part of the building is constructed of painted brick with a slate roof and a plain eaves cornice. It has three storeys and a basement, with a four-window facade. The ground and first floors have 12-pane sashes in flush cased frames, while the second floor has 6-pane sashes. A raised band runs between the ground and first floor windows. Basement windows with segmental arches provide light, featuring barred cast-iron grilles. The central entrance is distinguished by a fine lead-covered shell hood supported by ornate console brackets, a recessed door with six raised fielded panels and moulded surrounds, and a stone-lined recess with an arched head at pavement level.

Adjoining on the east is a former separate property, No. 5 Chequer Square, built in the early 19th century but incorporating an earlier core. Its Churchgate Street frontage is of white brick, painted, with a hipped slate roof and a plain eaves cornice. It has a two-window range on Churchgate Street, with 12-pane sashes in flush cased frames on the ground floor, plate glass in shallow reveals above, and 6-pane sashes on the second floor. The Chequer Square frontage has a single window on each floor, with 12-pane sashes, gauged flat arches, and projecting stone sills to the ground and first floors, and a replacement window to the second floor. A continuous raised stucco band is positioned below the first-floor windows. A rectangular basement window is present at pavement level, accessed by steps leading to a six-panel door.

The cellar beneath the main building (No. 38) contains two fireplaces and was used as a kitchen. According to Warren's map of 1791, No 38 and the former No. 5 Chequer Square were originally a single dwelling. While No. 38 has been altered and has no original features visible, the former No. 5 Chequer Square retains significant features. The ground floor room has early 18th-century panelling, with a raised moulded band separating the upper panels from the dado. The first floor contains a bolection-moulded fireplace surround and a panelled dado with heavy raised mouldings.