Nos. 5, 5a and 5b Castle Hill Road

Built circa 1868, as an annexe to Castle Hill House, by Wollaston Knocker, the owner of Castle Hill House, as town clerk's offices.

MATERIALS: yellow brick with red brick voussoirs and a slate roof, concealed under a parapet on the north-east side.

PLAN: two storeys and four bays with a side entrance.

EXTERIOR: the north-east entrance front to no. 5 has a parapet and a plain band between the floors. The sash windows have horns and vertical glazing bars only. At the southern end is a two-storey one-bay C18 section with a first floor six-over-six sash window with red brick voussoirs,and a ground floor entrance with a bracket cornice, reeded pilasters and panelled reveals. The south-west side has sash windows, with verticals only, to the first and second floors.

INTERIOR: no. 5 has a straight flight staircase with moulded balusters and a turned newel post. One window on the first floor rear elevation retains wooden shutters similar to no. 7. The basement has a barrel-vaulted strong room about 15 by 12ft with a six inch thick locking iron door. At the far end of this is a blocked tunnel which leads into the air raid shelter room of Castle Hill House.