7, Fore Street

No 7 on Fore Street is a house dating from the late 18th century. It features a Flemish bond brick front with random rubble on the sides, a string course at the first floor level, and prominent chamfered stone quoins. The building has a moulded cornice and a brick parapet with a moulded coping, which is raised in the center to form a rectangular pediment that includes a blank Venetian window. The roof is a double Roman tile mansard style with coped verges and brick ridge stacks topped with moulded caps.

The house has an impressive symmetrical façade, standing two storeys high with five bays. It includes 12-pane sash windows adorned with triple keystones and sills supported by cut stone brackets. The first floor features a Venetian window in the center flanked by narrow sidelights and a small keystone above the central light. The central door opening has a shouldered architrave with a triple keystone, a moulded cornice on brackets, and a panelled door with three small glazed panels at the top. Each window is fitted with a 19th-century blind case that has fretwork decoration. Additionally, there are two wheel windows in brick surrounds located in the gable of each side.