Laburnum Cottage, including front railings, wall and gate

Laburnum Cottage is a picturesque style house, dating from the 18th century, with later additions. It is constructed of roughcast brick and stone with sandstone dressings, covered by a slate roof, and has roughcast gable stacks. The two-story, two-bay front facade faces Monk Street, with a further three-bay and a single-bay continuous rear wing. The Monk Street facade features leaded timber windows, with vermiculated keystones above those on the first floor. A prominent double projecting bay has a low balcony supported by deep console brackets to the first floor, and a tripartite window on the ground floor, with a pedimented surround on stylised brackets. The frieze is carved with "LABURNUM COTTAGE," although this is a replica, the original having been noted in the rear garden. An entrance bay to the left features a single window above a projecting porch with a segmental arch, bearing a carved bearded male head on the keystone, along with quoin stones, cappings, and a male head spout. A heavy timber front door is accompanied by a coloured glass slit window in the right return. A projecting forecourt wall to the left follows the line of the medieval town wall and may incorporate masonry from it.

The right return displays a central projecting chimney stack and a timber casement window to the ground floor left, with a bracketed hood. A 12-pane Yorkshire sliding sash window is located on the first floor. Both windows have slim cills. The earlier part of the house steps down to the rear, consisting of two stories and three bays; the left-hand bay is aligned with the frontage gable, while the other two are set back. First-floor windows are sliding sashes as previously described, with a small window to the left, a central glazed door under a canopy, and a wide 16-pane double-hung sash window to the right. A later extension incorporates modern windows. The left return, facing the car park, is plain and buttressed.

The garden wall to the rear (on the left) aligns with the medieval town walls and appears to incorporate masonry from them.

The cottage underwent recent renovation works in early 2021, revealing surviving historic fabric and detail throughout. The interior is generally single room width and three rooms deep, spanning two floors. The entrance on the left opens into a long hallway, which exposes historic fabric possibly relating to the former town wall. An arched recess is cut into the wall, and a later archway with panelled pilasters and composite capitals is positioned partway down the hall. A door adjacent to the right leads to the front room, where a chimney breast remains, with arched recesses on either side (the right incorporating a window). A single-flight dog-leg staircase with turned newels, a handrail, and plain square section balusters is located at the end of the hallway, with a bathroom inserted beneath. A room to the rear features a further recess with moulded pilasters and an arch. A large stone fireplace occupies the rear wall, alongside a 16-pane sash and a glazed door. A doorway at the rear left leads to a later rear extension (now a kitchen), which is of limited interest except for remnant timbers in the internal dividing wall and visible stonework to the left. The first floor includes a WC on a half landing and a door to a bedroom. A passageway at the end of the landing runs alongside the wall to the bedroom in the rear extension, with a further five-step flight of stairs leading up to the front room, which has a cast iron fireplace with a corbelled surround. Four-panelled doors with architraves, skirtings, and cornices are preserved throughout.