36, Pilton Street

This is an early 17th-century house, substantially refurbished in the 18th century. It was originally a single dwelling linked to No. 37, and the two buildings were reportedly rented and managed separately until 1711. The property is now owned by the Pilton United Charities.

The house is constructed of mass wall construction, with a roughcast front elevation and a partly slate-hung rear elevation. A brick shaft marks the left-end stack. It features cast-iron rainwater goods and is arranged in an L-shape. The front block is two rooms wide, featuring a cross passage, with the principal heated room to the left of the passage. Two unheated service rooms are to the right, one behind the other, and include a rear stair. A rear left wing provides a large heated room, likely the kitchen.

The front of the house has two storeys and a three-window asymmetrical facade with moulded eaves brackets. A fine 17th-century door frame with ovolo moulding is located to the right of centre, housing a front door with six fielded panels. The front has three 18th- or 19th-century sash windows with 16 panes to the ground floor, and three 12-pane sash windows to the first floor. The rear wing has a single 17th-century casement window with five lights. This casement features chamfered mullions on the inside and ovolo-moulded mullions on the exterior. A 17th-century door frame and door with cover strips are present at the rear of the passage.

The interior retains many original features. The passage is flanked by painted oak plank-and-muntin screens with scroll stops, and 17th-century doorways lead into all ground-floor rooms. The front right ground floor room has a complete single-rib ceiling with original sprays. The original stair has turned balusters and newel posts. The first floor features a series of 17th-century ovolo-moulded door frames. The right-hand first-floor room contains a 17th-century decorated plaster frieze, while the left-hand room has an early 18th-century eared chimneypiece with a triglyph frieze.

The earliest documented reference to the house appears in a Trust Deed of 1577. It was rented to a succession of wealthy clothiers and, from 1711 to 1845, was occupied as a single dwelling with No. 37.