No 3 And Attached Wall To The Rear

House, now offices. Originally 17th century; remodelled and rebuilt in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; with a late 19th century rear left wing and a gable of the same date added to the left of the front.

The building is constructed of English-bond brick with some rubblestone to the base, stone coping, and moulded kneelers and bands to the forward-facing gable. It has a pantile roof with brick stacks to the left and rear gable ends, and a stack with moulded brick cornice to the centre ridge.

The main front elevation is three storeys with a 4-window range. The exterior walls of the original 17th century house remain visible inside the 19th century building. The late 19th century forward-facing gable to the two left-hand ranges has two slits in the apex between stone bands. Windows to the upper floors have flat brick arches and large 6/6-pane sash windows. The 6-panel door with 20th century hood sits to the left of centre, flanked by a late 19th century single-storey canted bay with margin panes to the far left and two 20th century casement windows to the right.

The left return is Flemish-bond brick, 2 storeys with a 3-window range. It features 6/6-pane sash windows; those to the left are tripartite, and those to the first floor pass through the eaves line to form late 19th century gabled half-dormers that light the hammer-beam roof within. The rear has a late 19th century two-storey canted bay with 4/4-pane sash windows with margin panes to the ground floor, which has restored rendering and cornice. The first floor is 20th century weatherboarded with a 9/9-pane sash window to the front and vertical 4/6-pane sashes to the sides. To the right is a semi-elliptical arch to the service area with a 6/6-pane sash window above. The right return of the rear wing is clad with painted corrugated iron and has coloured glass to an early 19th century semicircular-arched stair window. A single-storey lean-to with pantile roof and wide horizontal sash window adjoins this elevation. The lean-to and courtyard are stone-flagged.

Interior features distinguish the exterior walls of the 17th century building by their thickness from those of the 19th century. The corner of the original building inside the semi-basement to the front left now serves as an interior wall of painted rubblestone with stone plinth capping. This basement contains a repositioned planked and studded door, a 18th century door with 4 raised-and-fielded panels, some stone flags, and 2 segmental arches to former open fires. The arch to the right is framed with early 19th century cast-iron panels bearing anthemion motifs. An early 19th century stair hall with staircase was added to the right return. At each landing, a semicircular-arched opening has been cut into the thick former outer wall to provide access to the 17th century newel stair in the former front right corner. This stair has a low mid-19th century dado rail with panels below, some raised and fielded. Between the first and second floors is a blocked door into the adjacent museum. At this level, a semicircular arch made from thin wood with moulded pilasters spans the stairs. Just below to the right, a jib door (now fixed) cut through the dado and panelling leads in the same direction. At the top of the newel stairs, a heavy planked and studded door with diagonal planks to the back and bar stops to the Tudor-arched moulded architrave opens into a room with wide oak floorboards and a cupboard with raised-and-fielded panels and H hinges. A locked door leads to the attic (unseen). The late 19th century rear wing features an elaborate hammer-beam roof on stone corbels to the second floor and splayed panelled reveals to the first-floor windows.

A high brick wall to the rear right sweeps up to meet the first floor of the Admiral Blake Museum and encloses the rear service yard.