Numbers 2, 4 And 4A And Garden Wall Attached To 4A

Numbers 2, 4, and 4A are a pair of semi-detached houses, dating from around 1850, likely designed by James Wagstaffe. They were developed alongside a former garden house, which has origins in the late 16th century, with the upper section rebuilt later.

The main block of the houses is constructed of yellow brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with stucco finishes and a slate roof. The basement and ground floor of the former garden house are of red brick in English bond, while the upper part of the garden house is of yellow brick with red brick dressings. The houses are three storeys high, with a basement level, and have a two-bay principal front, with a recessed entrance wing to one side. The basement is stuccoed and scored to resemble ashlar. A stucco band separates the basement from the ground floor, and a brick band is situated between the ground and first floors. Original sash windows with flat arches and gauged brick heads are present on the ground and first floors. A stucco band sits below the eaves. The attic storey features round-arched windows, grouped centrally between brick pilaster strips with a cornice and blocking course. Steps lead to the side entrance of No. 4, flanked by pilasters with an entablature, cornice, and former blocking course; it has a panelled door and overlight. No. 2 has a similar door and overlight, along with a mansard roof to its entrance wing. The entrance wing of No. 4 features a flat-arched window with an original sash above the entrance.

Attached to the entrance wing of No. 4 is No. 4A, the former garden house, which is three storeys over basement, and has an octagonal plan. The red brick ground floor appears original, apart from the window heads. The upper floors are later constructions. The entrance is under a cambered arch in the stuccoed basement. The ground-floor windows on the west and north-west sides have sashes with moulded frames that are slightly recessed and feature decorative, compositely arranged brick heads in red and yellow brick. A cusped stone panel bearing a rebus of Prior Bolton rests below the sill of the west window. The north window has recessed sashes. A brick band is situated between the floors. The first-floor walls are blank, displaying lozenge patterns and quoins in red brick against the yellow brick on the west, north-west, and north sides. The second-floor windows on the west and north-west sides have recessed sashes with decorative gauged brick heads, similar to those below, with one flat-arched sash window on the south-east face. A brick band is positioned below a dentil cornice of projecting bricks, surmounted by an octagonal pitched roof. A chimney stack is located on the north-east face. An old garden wall extends from No. 4A towards No. 6.