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No 5


No.5 seems to have had some changes to the front elevation.
No.5 Castle Street current
No.5

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The early photos show that this house previously only had the one downstairs window. At some stage the original doorway was changed to a window, and a new doorway was squeezed in between the two windows.

photo 1915
Around 1915 - before the changes


The current photo shows the tell-tale straight line of stone edging below the right hand window, showing where the old doorway was.
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Also the original render was removed and cement surrounds to the openings were applied presumably to tidy up the changed openings.

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