Kings House and cottage to rear (EHER 38425)

A house and attached cottage built in around 1840 from stuccoed brick. The gabled roof is covered with plain tile and there is a plain parapet with stone coping. The building is two storeys with an attic and a cellar, and has a two-storey rear wing.

October 1951. Grade II listed. A house and attached cottage built in around 1840 from stuccoed brick. The gabled roof is covered with plain tile and there is a plain parapet with stone coping. The building is two storeys with an attic and a cellar, and has a two-storey rear wing. The ground floor has a linked pair of windows, a segmental-headed carriage arch and a moulded plinth. The entrance door is within the alley on the flank and has a moulded hood/cornice on consoles brackets, all of stucco. Inside, there is a cantilevered open-well staircase with a wreathed hardwood handrail, stick balusters and shaped tread ends. There is a marble fireplace on the first floor and numerous contemporary doors, simple cornices and architraves. The cottage to the rear is of two storeys with a slate gabled roof and built from red/brown brick. The corner to the alley is curved with corbelling over. The ground floor has a 19th century porch with boarded flanks and a 20th century windows. <1> See photos <2>. The building abuts Evelyn House (EHER 38426) to the north-west and No.14 Market Hill (EHER 38424) to the south-east.