25 Old Market Street

This is a terrace of houses, originally part of a larger mansion, situated on Old Market Street. The building dates to the 18th century and has been converted from its original use. The exterior is primarily stone, with some sections limewashed or painted, and roughcast rendering on number 17. The roofs are steep-pitched slate, with rooflights and brick stacks.

The windows and doors are irregularly spaced, most with cambered heads and shallow reveals. The majority of windows are 12-pane sashes, although number 17 includes UPVC casement windows, and some doors are boarded. The building is two storeys high with a substantial attic, notable for the wide space between the first-floor windows and the eaves.

Number 17 has a two-window front with a replaced door and deep hood. Number 19 retains the remains of a doorway with a hollow chamfered wall, which is corbelled out to support the remains of a chimney. It has a single window range with a 16-pane sash window on the ground floor. Number 21 also has a two-window range and the remains of a relieving arch over the large ground-floor window. At number 23, a single window range has a similar relieving arch above the ground floor window. Number 25, which is painted, features large 16-pane sashes set higher than those on number 23, with a broad relieving arch over the first floor window. It has a modern-style door with an overlight. Number 27, with both roughcast and painted sections, is wide, with a tripartite sash window on the ground floor and a round-headed doorway featuring a panelled, part-glazed door with radial glazing bars and an overlight. A smooth render quoin-strip runs along the facade. The roof of numbers 25 and 27 is constructed of artificial slate and is not continuous with the remainder of the terrace.

The original frontage is located at the rear of the building, although it has been heavily altered. A projecting bay at number 25 likely marks the location of the original entrance. Numbers 21 and 23 have hoodmoulds over the first-floor windows, while number 19 displays a hoodmould with the remains of quadruple arched heads within the lights. High, wide relieving arches are present above the upper windows throughout the terrace. Glazing patterns vary across the building, and extensions have been added to the ground floor.

At the rear, some stone mullion windows with dripmoulds and bearing arches can be found. A barrel vaulted second floor runs the entire length of the building beneath the roof.