14, Smith Street

No. 14 Smith Street is a pair of small houses, now combined into a single dwelling, likely dating to the 17th century, although later 19th and 20th-century alterations have altered their appearance. The front facing Smith Street probably originally included a ground-floor shop. The construction is mixed; the side walls are of stone rubble, while the front and back walls are mostly timber-framed and plastered. There are stone rubble stacks at the left end and the rear, although the chimney shafts are not visible, and the roof is covered in slate.

The Smith Street block is three stories high, with a lower four-story block extending to Church Close. The Smith Street facade has one window. The projecting upper floors suggest a 17th-century structure behind the plaster, which is superficially blocked out to resemble ashlar. A former shop window has been rebuilt in the 20th century with small panes and glazing bars. A right-hand passage doorway, now with a 20th-century fielded six-panel door, leads into the property. The first floor has a pair of 12-pane sashes, and there is a single sash window on the second floor. The roof is gable-ended to the right with plain eaves.

The façade facing Church Close is also plain, plastered, and appears 19th century. Here, a shop front features a four-panel door and a small-paned window with glazing bars. The upper floors have 12-pane sash windows: three in a row on the first floor, a pair on the second floor, and a single window on the third floor. Ovolo-moulded mullions are between the first-floor windows, potentially dating to the 17th century.

The ground floor interior, the only accessible part during the survey, has been extensively modernized in the 20th century, concealing earlier features. The underlying structure is probably 17th century or even earlier, though hidden behind plaster.