20, Church Street

No. 20 Church Street is a house dating from the 18th century, with a refronting completed in 1815. It is constructed from Ham Hill stone ashlar and features a half-hipped slate roof with brick stacks at the gable ends. The building has a double-depth plan and includes a 19th-century brick extension at the rear on the left side.

The exterior is two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-window arrangement. All windows are 6/6-pane sashes, with the first-floor windows framed in moulded architraves. The taller ground-floor sashes are set in recesses, with shallow aprons positioned between the cill and the plinth. The entrance features a five-panel door with a horizontal central panel, all raised-and-fielded, set within a casement-moulded round arch that includes a traceried fanlight. The ground floor exhibits banded rustication, and all openings are adorned with rusticated voussoirs that extend to a low platband. A dentilled cornice runs beneath the platband, and a large hopperhead and downpipe are located to the right of centre, just below the parapet. The rear extension has a segmental arch leading to a cast-iron industrial-style window.

Inside, the central hall features a semi-circular arch towards the rear and a small foliate plaster ceiling rose at the base of the dogleg staircase, which is positioned to the rear left. The staircase has stick balusters, fretted ends, and a wreathed mahogany rail with a curtail step. The house contains six-panel doors, with the front rooms having a small panel in the centre, while the rear rooms feature 18th-century six-panel doors. Panelled shutters are present on the ground-floor windows, with the front shutters showcasing applied reeded moulding. The left front room includes a Regency-style white marble fireplace, embellished with floral and dentilled details on the reeded cornice. The rear left room has an open fire, although its stone lintel is now covered. The right front room features a reeded cornice with a key-pattern frieze, and some cornices remain intact on the first floor. Historical records indicate that the house has a cellar and a well located beneath the former kitchen at the rear right.