11 Bridge Road

The building on the corner of Bridge Road and Tower Street is of three storeys, probably with rendered brick and stone. The building is painted in grey and blue. There are two large extensions to the rear of the building. One is three storey and the rearmost to the east is two storey. The main building roof is hipped and slated. The three storey extension has a ridged slated roof and the two storey extension has a flat roof. There are three chimneys, all in stone, one at each end of the original block(East and south end) and one on the east end of the three storey extension. The main entrance to the building is wooden double doors on the north west corner. This has stone/concrete mouldings around the door with an ornamented keystone and the date (1924) moulded in. The door has an arched top with window. The corner above the door has quoin stones with decorative panels to second floor level. At fascia level is a name stone “Castle House”. The ground floor west side has three two pane windows inset with stone pillars between and at the ends with extra pillar near the door. Below the windows are decorative panels and above is a slightly ornamented fascia. On the first floor is a bay window with two panes to each side. This is surmounted by a decorative top coming to a peak in the middle. The second floor has two two pane inset sash windows with decorative moulding. At eaves level is a small ornamented slightly overhanging parapet supported by corbels and surmounted by a balustrade with decorative finials. The north side of the original building is identical to the west apart from the first floor window which is not a bay. The first extension has a six pane sash window with two four pane sash windows. The windows have stone sills and moulded surrounds. The first floor has a six pane sash window with ornamental lintel and two four pane sash windows with stone sills and mouldings. The second floor has three four pane sash windows with ornamental surround. There are quoinstones to the east end of the first extension. The second extension has two 12 pane sash windows (one of which now has 7) on the ground floor. On the second floor are two more 12 pane sash windows. At the rear of the building (east side) there is one two pane window with brick lintel visible at second floor level of the original block also a door at this level to a fire escape. This replaces an earlier brick lintelled window. There are no windows in the east wall of the first extension, but a modern window is partly visible on the south side of this block. The two storey extension has a single window at first floor level and two modern windows and a door and a double door to a rear yard. On the south side first floor are six modern windows all barred. The roof of this extension appears to be felted. One interesting feature is an unusual shaped rainwater hopper box probably in cast iron.