Nos 4 And 5 Including Building To Rear Of No 4

A pair of houses built as a single range, dating to the early 19th century, with No. 5 being remodelled in the mid-19th century. The buildings have solid, rendered walls and slate roofs. There are two large chimneys on the front and back slopes of the party wall; these are mostly rendered but some exposed red brick is visible on the front chimney. A further red brick chimney is on the left side wall. The houses are three storeys high, with a garret. The front of No. 4 is a one-window range, while No. 5 is a two-window range. No. 4 has an original shop front including a house door: a projecting display window with rounded corners, reeded sill and entablature, the latter continued across two doorways to the left; a 6-panelled house door, with the two bottom panels flush, flanked by reeded pilasters. The second-storey window has 10-paned sashes, and the third-storey window has late 20th-century sashes with 4 over 8 panes. No. 5 features a mid-19th-century shop front with original display windows flanking the shop door, and a 4-panelled house door to the left. All are topped by an entablature with a cornice on consoles. Upper storeys feature raised quoins and shaped window surrounds; barred sashes with 8 over 8 panes are found on the second storey, and 4 over 8 panes on the third storey. A stair window with 15-paned sashes is visible on the right side wall. The rear walls of both houses, visible from an alley and car park, also feature barred sashes. Behind No. 4 is a detached building, possibly a former kitchen block, linked to the main house by a low, single-storeyed outbuilding; No. 5 originally had a similar detached building. The building behind No. 4 is constructed from stone rubble, rendered at the front and rear, and has a corrugated asbestos roof. The interior has not been inspected. The group value arises from the buildings' cohesive design and historical significance as a pair of early 19th-century houses with later alterations.