2 Castle Terrace

This is a three-storey terrace of red brick, constructed in a garden-wall bond pattern (distinct from the Flemish bond used at number 1). The terrace comprises three houses: number 1, a two-bay house; number 2, a narrower house of two-plus-one bays; and number 3, a house set at a right angle to the north end. The terrace has deep-eaved slate roofs, with a ridge stack located between numbers 1 and 2. The roof is hipped at the south end of number 1 and gabled at the north end of number 3, with lead ridges. The stonework in the south gable of number 1 and different brickwork at the south end gable of number 3 suggest extensive modifications.

Number 2 has two casement-pair windows with iron small panes and hoodmoulds to each upper floor. A long iron casement pair with top lights and a hoodmould is located on the ground floor to the left; the transom has been replaced. The entrance is to the right, slightly set in from the windows above. The doorway is accessed via a flat-roofed porch supported by two plain wooden posts. The door frame is moulded with angle blocks, and the door itself is ledged with thin cover strips and two glass panels. The first-floor windows have cambered heads, concealed by the hoodmoulds. A narrow bay situated to the right, partially “borrowed” from number 3, has a shorter casement window on the first floor and a modern casement window on the ground floor. At the rear of the property, a later, one-and-a-half-storey lean-to infills the space between the rear projections of numbers 1 and 3, creating a windowless rear elevation. The rear wall is a mixture of timber cladding and brickwork, with leaded casement windows and a slate roof that includes a single rooflight. A further corrugated sheet lean-to fills the gap to the rising bank at the rear.

The interior of number 2 follows a single-room side-stair plan. Straight-flight timber stairs feature squared balusters, a newel post, handrails, and a plain stringer. Planked and beaded ledged doors with beaded frames and long strap hinges on pintles are in place, along with surviving timber floorboards and deep beaded skirting. The front door opens onto a living room, which includes an open fireplace and a recess to the left with a low door frame (the door has been removed). Twin squared beams with floor framing are visible, along with a timber floor and skirting (which is modern). A door to the stairs is located adjacent to the front door, alongside a further door to an understairs cupboard. A wide rear door leads to the kitchen within the lean-to; this was formerly a door to the exterior. The kitchen includes an arched recess to the back left, situated behind the fireplace. The base of the rear wall has a slight batter.

The stairs have angled boarding to the first floor, and the rear landing provides access to three doors: a door on the left to a bedroom (the doorframe has been replaced), featuring a blocked fireplace with a hearth stone and a large squared central beam; a rear door (inserted) to a bathroom extension within the lean-to, comprising an ante-room and a bathroom, with an arched former opening visible in the right wall (related to number 3); and a third door created through a party wall with number 3, with a blocked door visible that was previously in the adjoining wall. A further flight of stairs leads to the second floor, featuring a vaulted ceiling and coved plaster cornice.