Castledene

Castledene comprises two blocks set at right angles, linked by a substantial wall containing a doorway. The building is constructed of timber framing and painted brick, all covered by slate roofs. Most windows are 20th-century casements.

The east block consists of a main range facing south, with a lower cross-wing to its left. The main range is two storeys high, with an unusually steep, hipped roof where it joins the cross-wing. The front is brick, with a uPVC door to the left of centre, and late 20th-century wooden windows; one to the left and two to the right. The upper storey has three small-pane iron casement windows arranged asymmetrically. A wide east gable end has black-and-white painted brickwork, mimicking timber framing. The first floor includes a fire-escape doorway with a glazed door, reached by a steel staircase, flanked by two-light iron windows. To the right, at ground floor level, are two two-light plain-glazed casements. The gable has five roof vents. The rear has three two-light iron casements offset to the right of the upper storey, and a blocked opening containing a late 20th-century window; the ground floor is not visible.

The cross-wing is one-and-a-half storeys high, retaining timber-framed gable ends with tie-beams, collars, and two vertical struts. On the south gable end, the original wall was cut back beneath the tie-beam, a brick wall inserted with a central wooden door. The west wall was set back, likely to raise the eaves and create two full storeys; a sawn-off cross-beam remains at first-floor level. This elevation is roughcast, with the upper storey containing four small-pane iron casements, one to the far right and two-light elsewhere. A lean-to adjoins the lower storey on the right, with a 20th-century cross-window on the left. The north end wall, beneath the gable, is of brick with a blocked opening to the right of centre; a canted north-west angle has a further blocked opening on the right, partly cut away.

The west block consists of a two-storey range, largely box-panelled, but with irregular rebuilding in brick to the lower half and on the left. The box panels contain painted brick nogging. Its slate roof has a roughcast stack on the front roof-pitch. Boarded doors are located to the left and right, between which are small-pane casements, single on the left and two-light in the centre and to the right. The central window may block a former doorway, with remains of a dentilled cornice or band above. The upper storey has three irregular plain-glazed late 20th-century casements. The south gable end is adjoined by a rear entrance to the Castle Hotel at ground floor level, and has an infilled opening. The north gable end is rendered, with the gable bressumer still discernible and a sawn-off beam to the far right, at ground floor level; a small wooden door is offset to the right, and a large vent is located at the gable apex. A flush two-storey, two-window rear wing is located to the right, also rendered, with late 20th-century wooden casements; a gabled dormer is offset to the right, with its window blocked with brick. To the right, it is adjoined by the rear wing of the Castle Hotel.

The interior was not inspected.