95 And 96, Exeter Street

Numbers 95 and 96 Exeter Street comprise two houses of 16th-century origin, refronted in the late 18th century.

Number 95 has a red brick front of two storeys. A first-floor string course runs along the facade. The gable end is covered with old tiles. A moulded eaves cornice extends over a slightly projecting central bay, topped with a pediment. The fenestration is symmetrical, with five windows on the first floor and four on the ground floor, featuring recessed sash windows without glazing bars. The central recessed entrance has a six-panel door with a semi-circular radial fanlight. The door surround includes narrow pilasters, carved scrolled brackets supporting a broken moulded dentil cornice and open pediment. The panels within the reveal are edged with delicate cross reeding. Internally, part of the original roof structure remains, specifically the north end of three bays showcasing principal rafters, collars, clasped purlins, and tie beams that project just below the first-floor ceiling. There is a hollow chamfer to the south end tie beam and an ogee moulded finish. Further bays and trusses are present to the south. A ground-floor room retains 18th-century panelling.

Number 96 is also of 16th-century origin, with a later 18th-century red brick facade set upon a stucco plinth. It has a gable end covered with old tiles and a moulded eaves cornice. The first floor has three flush-architrave framed sash windows with intact glazing bars. The ground floor has two windows of differing heights, also flush framed with sixteen panes per sash. The central entrance features a recessed door of four fielded panels within an architrave surround, topped with a detached cornice pediment. Internally, parts of the original timber framing survive, including posts and wattle filling within some original partition walls. A front ground-floor room contains a large fireplace with a cambered, chamfered bressumer and stone jambs.

Numbers 90 to 92 (consecutive), St Osmund's Church and School, and numbers 95 and 96 form a group.