Puget's Cottage, attached to the south-west of 14 North Street

DATE: the north-west part is late C17 or early C18, heightened in the later C18 when it was also doubled in size by being extended to the south-west.

MATERIALS: the ground and first floor of the north-east side and the two lower floors of the northern half of the south-west side and the lower part of the northern half of the south-west side are constructed of large cobbles, incorporating some pieces of ironstone, and brick quoin, including some reused C16 bricks, set in lime mortar. The upper parts of these walls and the remaining sides of the building are in brick laid in English garden wall bond. The mansard roof is tiled with end brick stacks, the southern one rendered.

PLAN: originally two storeys, possibly with attics, with the entrance on the south-east side, probably consisted of one room on each floor with a staircase and landing to the north-west side. Later heightened by a further floor and extended to the south-west with an additional room on each floor. An entrance was later added on the north-east end when, owing to the later construction of surrounding buildings, access became impossible from the south-east.

EXTERIOR: the south-east side has at its southern end a flat-roofed dormer with a three-over-three-pane sash window, a second floor four-over-four-pane sash with a cambered head and brick lintel, and a first-floor elliptical bay later adapted to a canted bay with a smaller C20 sash window. The remainder of this side has been concealed by a later building built alongside, but behind this is a further flat-roofed dormer at the northern end and the curved wall at the northern end, although not visible externally, is visible internally.

The north-east end is constructed of large cobbles with some pieces of ironstone and has a brick outline to the end chimney. The line of the original mansard roof is exposed with brickwork above. The ground floor has a blocked doorway with a flat lintel and similar blocked sash window. The first floor has a three-over-six-pane early C19 sash window and the second-floor window has a later C19 sash in an earlier opening.

The north-west side has cobbles to the two lower floors of the northern half and the lowest part of the southern half but is otherwise of brick in English Garden wall bond with a number of window openings of various sizes. The shadow of a demolished building with mansard roof is shown at the southern end.

The south-west end is mainly concealed behind a later building.

INTERIOR: the first floor retains a north room with a deep moulded late C17 or early C18 cornice and transverse beams, skirting boards and wide floorboards. The staircase lobby has a curved wall at the northern end, with similar cornice and some transverse beams of a similar date, moulded skirting boards and wide floorboards.