21 Well Street

21 and 23 Well Street form a group of buildings.

Number 21 is a long, two-storey structure with a roughcast exterior over timber framing, topped by a slate roof and featuring a rendered plinth. The building has a gabled rear wing that includes a brick ridge stack near the junction. The front of the building has an entrance on the right side with a wooden boarded door, which was added around 2000. To the right of center, there is a shop window from the 19th century, supported by moulded pilasters and a dentilled cornice. This window features a large three-light design with moulded glazing bars and slightly arched heads, set on a wooden sill at plinth level. Immediately to the left of the shop window is a blocked door opening, and to the far left is a smaller shop window with plain pilasters and cornice, containing a fixed window with small-pane glazing.

On the upper storey, there are wooden cross-windows with opening casements to the left and center, just below the eaves, while a blocked window is located to the right, above the doorway. To the left of the central window, there is an iron bracket that likely held a shop sign. The rear of the building features an early catslide lean-to, in front of which is a shallow flat-roofed conservatory. A flat-roofed dormer with a plain-glazed window is present on the main roof pitch. The gabled rear wing on the right is slightly angled, with the upper storey further offset. This wing is roughcast and whitewashed, also under a slate roof. The east side has a plain-glazed window on the ground floor, while the upper floor features a horizontal sliding sash window to the left and a small-pane light to the right. The gable end shows an exposed rafter, indicating that the wing may have been heightened in the past. Below this is a fragment of a lower range, offset at an angle, which is said to relate to a former terrace of poor housing.

Inside, the living room on the west side has a deeply chamfered cross-beam in the ceiling, suggesting an early date. There is a box-panelled partition to the east, and some timber framing is visible on the front wall. A small segmental-arched fireplace at the rear is likely Victorian. The upper storey is reported to have further substantial beams and some box panels infilled with wattle and daub. It is said that a roof truss in the loft space bears a date from the 16th century.