14, 15 AND 16, CHURCH STREET

This building, comprising numbers 14, 15, and 16 Church Street, originally served as a warehouse, dating to around 1780. By 1830, it had been converted into houses, built for Simon Hutchinson, who was a grocer and draper. The building is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with a slate roof, and has stone and brick stacks. It is three storeys high and five bays wide. The left-hand side (number 14) features a 6-panel door beneath a radial fanlight, set within a plain doorcase. Entrances to numbers 15 and 17 were inserted into a former carriage arch within a similar doorcase, which now has a blocked fanlight; a half-glazed door is on the left, and a 6-panel door is on the right. All windows are sash windows: the ground floor has 16-pane sashes, the first floor has 16-pane sashes, and the second floor has 8-pane sashes. Keyed stone lintels and stone sills are present, with a continuous sill running across the first floor. Two fire insurance plaques are visible. A cast-iron rainwater head is also present. The building has a moulded cornice and gable coping, along with ridge stacks and an end stack on the left.