2-7, King Square

Six houses, now offices, were built around 1770-1800 as part of a larger terrace in King Square, Bridgwater, on the site of the former Bridgwater Castle. They are double-depth plans and each house is three storeys high with an attic and basement. The construction is primarily Flemish-bond brick with stone coping to the parapet, a cornice, stepped voussoirs, stone cills, a cill band to the first floor, and door cases. The roofs are pantiled on Nos. 2, 6 & 7, plain tiled on Nos. 3 & 4, and slate on No. 5, with brick stacks to the right-hand party walls.

Each house has a two-window range. Window glazing consists of 3/6-pane sashes on the second floor, 6/9 panes on the first floor, and plate glass on the ground floor. The six-panel doors, with raised-and-fielded panels to the upper part and beaded panels below, are located to the right of each house and are set in doorcases featuring open pediments and semicircular fanlights. Nos. 3, 4 & 5 have radiating glazing bars to their fanlights. The first floor has a continuous cill band. Most ground-floor windows are late 19th-century plate glass sashes.

Nos. 2 & 3 are set back slightly from No. 1. The first-floor windows of these houses feature semi-elliptical wrought-iron balconettes with semi-circles between rails at the top and bottom and crosses to the centre, with lead ornament. No. 4 steps forward slightly and has late 19th-century cast-iron rectangular balconettes resembling bamboo, supported by paired wrought-iron scroll brackets. The ground-floor window of No. 4 has margin panes. No. 5 is set back slightly and is similar, with crown glass to its fanlight. No. 6 is also set back slightly and has two windows on the ground floor, a plain semicircular overlight outside, an inner door with an ornamental fanlight featuring crown glass, and early 19th-century cast-iron balconettes with a horizontal diamond design supported by diagonals; the ground-floor windows are horned with plate glass. Finally, No. 7 steps slightly forward and is similar to No. 6, but with a semicircular balcony. The rear service ranges have been altered in the 20th century, except for a late 18th-century block with a hipped roof and stack to the rear of No. 6. The interior was not inspected.