14, Church Street

No. 14 Church Street is an early 18th-century house with a refronting of an earlier timber-framed building. It is constructed of Flemish bond brickwork with a tile roof and a brick stack. The house has a side-entry plan with a roof parallel to the street, and includes a three-storey front block and a one-storey service wing at the rear. The main block has three windows, with a basement and an attic. It features a central two-light dormer window with a flat roof above twelve-pane sash windows in moulded face boxes set within brick voussoirs. The voussoirs at the second-floor level are half a brick deep, but have been extended with an additional half-brick. Stone sills are present. The two ground-floor sash windows are flanked by plain pilasters and incorporate plate glass in the lower halves, all set under a moulded wooden cornice which also covers the entrance door. The entrance is a six-panel door with a narrow transom-light, painted over, and situated within a pilaster surround. A grille covers the basement opening, set into a slight plinth. Above the first floor, which appears to have been rebuilt, are alternating painted raised quoins, along with a single brick string course below the first-floor windows and a three-brick course above the first floor. A coped parapet sits atop the building. A brick stack is present on the right side of a plain, rendered gable. The door leads to a throughway. A gabled service wing of the 18th century is located at the rear. The interior was largely rebuilt in 1987 following a fire; only first-floor joists are reported to have survived.