Nos 14 To 17 Including Front Railings

Nos. 14 to 17, including the front railings, form a terrace of houses built around 1840, which underwent significant renovation around 1975. The houses are constructed from local grey limestone rubble, with the front elevation finished in stucco and blocked out. They feature a slate roof and stone rubble chimney stacks.

The terrace consists of double-depth houses that back onto small yards adjacent to Dean Burn, a small river running through the town. There are three front doors, but at least one of the houses, No. 17, is believed to have originally been two cottages that shared a common entrance. No. 17, located at the left end of the terrace, has a curved convex front wall.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical arrangement of windows, featuring a 2:1:2 pattern. The deep projecting eaves are supported by paired eaves brackets. No. 17 has a central front door and is two rooms wide, while Nos. 16 and 15 appear to share a common entrance. No. 14 has its doorway on the right. All doors are 20th-century timber or small-pane glazed replacements within their original openings, retaining overlights, with the overlight for Nos. 15 and 16 having margin panes. Most windows are original 16-pane hornless sashes, with a few later copies and two reglazed as 4-pane horned sashes, all preserving their original openings. The rear elevations feature 3-light casement windows with glazing bars and flat-roofed attic dormer windows.

The interior of No. 17 has been altered, with original joinery replaced, but the roof structure appears intact. Some original internal walling remains, consisting of studwork with stone rubble infill. No. 16 also seems to have been replanned internally, but features of interest may still exist.

The terrace is complemented by ornate railings with square-section verticals and twisted finials. Nos. 14 and 17 retain original gates with curved diagonal braces. This attractive street frontage significantly contributes to the townscape at the junction of Fore Street and Station Road.