14 and 15, Castle Street

Two houses forming one building, dating to the mid-18th century, with alterations and extensions in the 19th and 20th centuries. The houses are constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with a plain-tile roof and brick ridge and end stacks. The building has a T-plan for No.14 and a double-depth plan for No.15. It is two storeys and an attic, with a five-window front. A central carriageway separates the houses, featuring a 19th-century Tudor-arched chamfered brick head. A six-panel, part-glazed door leads to the right (No.14), approached by three stone steps, with a reeded wood surround, overlight, panelled reveals, and a moulded cornice. A panelled, part-glazed door leads to the left (No.15), approached by four stone steps with low flanking walls culminating in short polygonal piers with moulded bases and caps. This door features a large central panel framing an incised band of concentric circles, a reeded wood surround, a rectangular fanlight, panelled reveals, and a curved ridged timber canopy. Sixteen-pane sash windows are present to the right of centre of No.14, while No.15 has twelve-pane sashes. All windows have flat-arched, gauged brick heads incorporating flush painted stone key and spandrel blocks; one blank window is located in the centre of No.15's first floor, similarly headed. A plinth, storey band, and corbelled brick eaves are visible. There are four hipped roof dormer windows, each with a two-light casement. Four small rectangular painted stone reliefs depicting a lion with one raised paw are positioned at regular intervals above the storey band. A full-height wing projects to the rear of No.14. No.15 has a two-storey brick wing that is panelled to the front, featuring a hipped slate roof and a row of twelve-pane sashes to the first floor, also with flat-arched heads. Inside No.14, the front room has a moulded wood coved cornice, and the former basement kitchen includes a fireplace with a timber lintel.