124 Castle Hill

124 Castle Hill is a house dating from the early 19th century, later converted into flats in the late 20th century. The south-facing elevation is stuccoed, while the east and north elevations are of painted brick. The roof is slate-covered. The building is three storeys high, with a basement.

The front of the building, facing Castle Hill, has five bays. The basement is only partially visible from the street, with two barred basement windows to the east of the main entrance. A single-storey projection extends along the western boundary. The main elevation is symmetrical, with five openings on each floor. The central entrance has a six-panelled door with a batwing fanlight, set within a round-arched recess. Flanking the entrance are two six-over-six sash windows. A plat band runs at the level of the first-floor sills. The first floor has five six-over-six sash windows, and the second floor has five three-over-three sash windows. A parapet cornice is above the second floor, continuing onto the east and west elevations.

The east-facing elevation onto Carey Street is largely blank, with a barred basement light, two six-over-six sash windows, and a round-arched casing window with timber glazing bars on the ground floor of the main building. The rear projection has two three-over-three sash windows under flat brick arches. Two chimney stacks project from the gable end, and a smaller stack, possibly serving a later rear extension, is on the south-east corner of the main building. The rear (north) elevation, partially visible from the street, has a variety of sash windows on all floors.

A boundary wall approximately 2 metres high, built of 19th-century brickwork, runs along Carey Street.

Internally, the house is understood to retain historic features, including the original wooden staircase with square balusters and a moulded rail, ceiling friezes, and timber shutters to many windows. A wide hall contains a bracketed arch with a reeded soffit.