1-2 Castle Street and 10 The Borough

This is a complex of buildings at 1-2 Castle Street and 10 The Borough, dating largely to the 17th century with alterations. Originally comprising two tall, three-storey blocks, with a smaller two-storey and attic block, the grouping displays a mix of architectural styles and treatments.

The southern block, facing both Castle Street and The Borough, is the earliest part, dating to the 17th century. It has an overhanging upper section with colour-washed rendering on a timber frame, supported by long carved scroll brackets positioned at the angles and sides of the doorways. The ground floor features modern shop fronts on both faces, incorporating double bow windows and a central half-glazed door. The first floor has a large, early 19th century three-light window with pilasters between the lights, console brackets, and a cornice. The second floor contains a large, restored eight-light mullioned and transomed window with lead casements. The roof is hipped and tiled.

The front facing The Borough echoes the general shape and ground-floor treatment, featuring two three-light windows on the first floor, and one on the second floor, all dating to the 18th century. A similar block from the 19th century lines Castle Street, repeating the window treatment in the upper section, with modern doors and a bow window on the ground floor, and decorative, imitation timber framing to the front.

The connecting section contains a 19th-century dormer window, and two 17th-18th century four-light mullioned and transomed casements on the first floor. The modern ground floor features a flush-panelled door with a three-light rectangular fanlight above. To the right is a modern, shop window in a Georgian style, with a flat projecting hood over the door.

An historical view of 1761 demonstrates that the link and the right-hand block were originally of lower height and possessed brick frontages characteristic of the 18th century.

These buildings, alongside Nos 1 and 77 Castle Street, Nos 1 to 9 (consecutive) including No 1A, Nos 1 to 6 Town Hall Buildings (The Borough), Nos 108 to 122 (consecutive) West Street, form a group of listed buildings. Similarly, this complex is part of a group including Nos 1 to 9 (consecutive) Lowndes Buildings, in Castle Street (West Side).