14, Custom House Quay

Number 14, Custom House Quay is a house located at the end of a row, dating from the early 19th century. It features red brickwork in Flemish and header bonds and has a concrete tile mansard roof. The building has a two-room depth layout, with a side entry and staircase, and a 20th-century extension at the rear. The corner of the house follows the curve of the street, making the site wedge-shaped.

The exterior is two storeys high, with an attic and basement. The front facing the Quay has one window, which includes a 16-pane flat-roofed sash window above a bold bow oriel with 8:12:8 panes, topped by a moulded cornice above a smaller 5:15:5-pane oriel. Below this is a shallow light set back into the basement. To the left, accessed by five stone steps with nosings, is a six-panel fielded door within an arch of two orders, accompanied by a plain fanlight. The return side features a 16-pane sash window in a gabled section above the parapet and a two-storey flat oriel with 5:15:5-pane sashes, above an original 18-pane sash window in a small curbed area at the basement.

Architectural details include a stone plinth, moulded cornice, rendered blocking-course, and a coped parapet, with a stack positioned to the right. The interior, which was under restoration at the time of the survey, retains much of its original joinery. The bow windows have panelling on their sides and beneath, while the ground-floor front room features a fireplace with a reeded surround and paterae, along with a cast-iron inset, and double doors leading to the rear room. The panelled doors generally have reeded architraves. The staircase is notable for its solid moulded string, stick balusters, and Doric newels. A tall 21-pane sash window lights one of the landings. On the first floor, there is a fireplace similar to the one below but on a grander scale, and there are no ceiling cornices.

This charming building is reputed to have once served as the Harbour Master's house and is noted to have been the home of Upham, an early 19th-century artist.