Number 1 Chapel Walk And Adjoining Railings

Number 1 Chapel Walk and the adjoining railings is a building that may have originally been one large house but is now semi-detached and divided into three units. It dates from the early 18th century, possibly built on an older core, and was enlarged along Chapel Walk in the 19th century. The structure is made of rubble stone, faced in incised render except for the 19th-century section on Chapel Walk, and it sits on an applied dressed stone plinth that is partly collapsed. The roof is made of stone slate, and the stone end and ridge stacks have been rebuilt at the right end. At the time of the survey in March 1986, the building was semi-derelict.

The building has an L-plan layout with a rear wing as Number 1 Chapel Walk, featuring two storeys and an attic. It has three windows with 12-pane sashes, two of which are on the ground floor. There is a central stone doorcase to No 32, accessed by two stone steps, which has an open pediment and a recessed six-panel door with the top four panels glazed and the lower two flush. Flanking the door are narrow sidelights, each in a stone frame with a bootscraper in an arched recess at pavement level. There is an additional door to the right leading to No 30, which has a plain stone surround and also features a recessed six-panel door up two stone steps.

The right-hand return to No 30 has a large 12-pane sash on the first floor with a semi-circular radial glazed top. There is a recessed six-panel door in the rear wing to No 1 Chapel Walk, with a blind window recess above and a 12-pane sash on each floor to the right. Most windows, including the semi-circular headed window, still have internal fielded-panel window shutters. The building features two hipped dormers with paired casements located in the centre and left through the eaves, while the right dormer has only the sill remaining.

The additional rear section of No 1 includes a 12-pane sash over a two-light cambered head casement and a rounded cellar arch. The roughcast faced section on the right-hand return has dilapidated two-tier spearhead wrought iron railings with returns to the building, which are also likely from the 18th century. The interiors are not accessible but may hold some interest.