Nethercroft, 20 James Street

Nethercroft, located at 20 James Street, dates from around 1804 and has later additions at the rear. This two-storey, three-bay townhouse features a symmetrical gabled design with a side outhouse. The exterior is finished in roughcast render over sandstone, accented with painted ashlar margins. It has a rubble base course and a dentilled eaves course, along with quoin strips and raised margins around the windows and doors. The front entrance consists of a two-leaf timber panelled door set in a plain margin architrave, with regular fenestration throughout. At the rear, there is also regular fenestration, including a central round-arched staircase window, a flat-roofed 20th-century extension below the stair window, and a two-storey piend-roofed addition from the 19th century to the right of the stair window. A single-storey outbuilding, which contains a privy and a former wash house, is attached to the east gable.

The windows predominantly feature four-pane glazing in timber sash and case designs, although there are two non-traditional uPVC windows on the front at ground level. The roof is covered with graded grey slate, and the building has ashlar-coped skews and coped gablehead stacks, some with red clay cans, as well as a corniced stack on the wash house.

Inside, there is a half-glazed timber panelled lobby door and a curved stone staircase. The principal bedroom, which was formerly the drawing room, has decorative cornicing, while the other rooms feature plain cornicing. Timber panelled doors are present throughout the interior, and there is a copper in the wash house.