39 Castle Street

Late-C18 house, extended to the rear and probably the left side during the C19, with the ground floor rebuilt in the C20 after use as a shop.

MATERIALS: brick built under a clay tile roof to the front and slate to the rear.

PLAN: main entrance to the right side of the principal elevation with a subsidiary entrance to the left side for access to the rear.

EXTERIOR: the building is three storeys with an attic, over a basement to the rear. The front elevation has four principal bays to the right side and a single, narrower bay to the left. The walls are constructed of silver-grey brick laid in header bond with red brick quoins and dressings.

The main entrance has a C18, six-panel door with applied mouldings in an arched recess. It has a radiating and wreathed fanlight in a rounded arch of gauged brick. The doorcase has fluted Doric pilasters, supporting a cornice. To the left of the doorway there are three, C20 sash windows with two-over-two panes, under flat-arched heads in gauged brickwork. The narrow bay has a late-C20 door and architrave.

The first and second floors of the four principal bays each contain a flat-arched window opening with red-brick surround, with those on the first floor being taller. The replacement sashes have two-over-two panes to the first floor and three-over-three to the second floor. There are four pattress plates which are evenly spaced across the elevation at the height of the first-floor window arches. The first- and second-floor openings to the narrow bay are of similar design, but are lower set and have uPVC, two pane sashes. A brick-block cornice and parapet run across the elevation, partially concealing the roof which has crested tiles to the front ridge.

The rear elevation is of mixed-bond red brickwork and has an irregular fenestration pattern. There is a centrally-placed doorway containing a C20 door within a bolection-moulded, plaster surround. To the left, there is a mid-C20 canted bay which rises through the basement and raised-ground floor. It has three six-over-six pane sashes under flat-arched heads, to each floor. To the right side of the doorway, there is a flat-arched window opening containing a six-over-six pane timber sash. On the first floor, placed off-centre above the central doorway, is a round-arched sash window set flush with the brickwork, along with two timber sashes.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 20 March 2024 to add additional historic information