3, Castle Street

This is a substantial early 18th-century house, now used as offices, and combined with the adjacent property at number 5. It was likely designed by Benjamin Holloway. The house is constructed of Flemish-bond red and yellow brick with a stone plinth and painted stone dressings. The roof is clad in modern double Roman tiles, matching those of number 5. The building is arranged with a three-unit plan and has three storeys, featuring a four-window front. Windows are set within segmental arches. Modern iron railings and steps lead to the main door, which is a 20th-century replacement with six raised and fielded panels, long panels to the top, the smallest to the centre, and is sheltered by a modern timber hood, flanked by tapering Tuscan pilasters with blocking. Upper-floor windows have moulded architraves and sills. These windows contain 6/6-pane sashes with thick glazing bars and some crown glass. The ground-floor window on the left is similar, but the lower sashes contain plate glass. To the right of the entrance door is an early 19th-century shallow canted bay window with an 8/1-pane sash. Windows above the door have painted, rusticated stone arches and jambs, deliberately sized to match the brickwork, and similar to those found at number 1 to the left. The interior of the room to the left features full-height panelling without mouldings, a small box cornice, and ovolo moulding to the glazing bars. The first-floor room above has raised and fielded full-height panelling, with horizontal panels above the diagonal corner fireplace and below the windows, a box cornice, shutters, and a four-panel door with L hinges. The room on the ground-floor right has heavy, plain panelling below a simple dado. The rear of the front door is heavily planked with a full-width wrought-iron hinge and a large lock.