Survey Data
Reg No
15603118
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
297305, 139829
Date Recorded
13/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey house, c.1800. Renovated with replacement shopfront inserted to ground floor. One of a group of two. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered (shared) chimney stacks over red brick construction having stepped capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having iron ties. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, nine-over-six (first floor) and three-over-six (top floor) timber sash windows. Replacement timber shopfront to ground floor with fluted pilasters, fixed-pane timber display window on tiled riser, glazed timber panelled door having overlight, timber panelled door to house having overlight, fascia having fluted consoles, and cornice. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
Appraisal
A pleasant Classically-proportioned house of modest size built as one of a group of two houses (with 15603119) making an elegant contribution to the streetscape value of Castle Street on account of attributes including the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a tiered visual effect in the composition, the sparse surface detailing identifying a dignified, if understated aesthetic, and so on. Having been well maintained, the house presents an early aspect with most of the original fabric surviving in place, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding the historic character of the immediate setting.