26 To 34, Chipper Lane

A row of five houses dating from circa 1788. The houses are constructed of red brick on a raised stone plinth, with a moulded wooden eaves cornice and steeply pitched hipped roofs covered in plain clay tiles. They have a three-storey, double-depth plan.

The exterior presents a three-storey facade, with a single-storey link between numbers 32 and 34. The steeply pitched hipped roofs have plain clay tiles and a moulded wooden eaves cornice. Original sash windows are retained, complete with their glazing bars and flush architraves. Blind windows are finished with vitrified chequer brickwork.

Number 26 is one bay wide, featuring a six-panelled entrance door with a moulded cornice hood; the rectangular fanlight above has been blocked. Number 28 is three bays wide, retaining remnants of a late 19th-century shop front on the ground floor, and includes one blind window on the second floor. Number 30 is four bays wide, with a blind window to the second bay. The entrance door has been removed but the moulded cornice hood remains, and a large carriage entrance is visible in the fourth bay, appearing to cut through the window above. Number 32 is four bays wide, with a blind window to the second bay, and features a six-panelled entrance door with a rectangular fanlight above, featuring marginal glazing and a diamond centre, topped by a moulded cornice hood. A rainwater head is dated 1788. Number 34 has a 20th-century neo-Georgian shop front on the ground floor. A single-storey link block (number 32a) connects numbers 32 and 34, built of red brick with stone coping to the parapet. This link block has a neo-Georgian shop front to the east and a single door to the west, situated within an arched opening that originally contained a bull's eye window. Number 32a is of lesser importance. The interiors have not been inspected.

The houses are designated at Grade II for being a good example of a Georgian terrace with a handsome and well-proportioned facade. They are also notable for retaining good architectural detailing including sash windows, six-panelled doors, and a moulded wooden eaves cornice, contributing to a relatively complete group.