Castle View House

Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1725, probably originally five-bay two-storey retaining early fenestration. Renovated, c.1810, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch added to ground floor. Truncated, pre-1783. Gable-ended roof with slate (gabled to porch). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Timber bargeboards to porch. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Rendered walls to porch. Painted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Rendered surrounds to first floor with hood mouldings over. Early 6/6 timber sash windows. Pointed-arch door opening. Moulded rendered reveals. Timber panelled door. Set back from road in own grounds perpendicular to road with side (west) elevation fronting on to road. Section of iron railings to boundary. Detached four-bay single-storey outbuilding with attic, c.1725, to south-east. Renovated, c.1980. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cut-stone coping to gables. Square rooflights, c.1980. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Openings not visible.

Castle View House is an attractive modest-scale dwelling of considerable age that retains most of its original character – originally part of a larger composition, as evidenced by the irregular termination of the building to the side (west) elevation that incorporates a buttress-style feature, the house was truncated, pre-1873, to accommodate the widening of Parson Street. The house retains many important early or original features and materials, including multi-pane timber sash fenestration and a slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Set perpendicular to the road, the house is an attractive feature on the streetscape of Parson Street and is complemented by an extensive outbuilding of similar appearance and detailing to south-east.