Survey Data
Reg No
20851027
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1760 - 1800
Coordinates
163846, 50527
Date Recorded
11/03/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Corner-sited terraced two-bay two-storey former house, built c.1780, having bowed end-bay. Now in use as shop. Pitched and hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack and cast-iron and aluminium rainwater goods. Rendered walls with eaves course and plinth. Camber-headed window opening to first floor with stone sill, having eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash window. Square-headed window opening to ground floor with stone sill, timber surround comprising pilasters, capped consoles, architrave and cornice. Fixed timber framed single-pane display window with casement overlights. Timber shopfront comprising pilasters, capped consoles, architrave, frieze and cornice. Square-headed window opening over rendered stall riser having timber framed fixed pane display window surmounted by single-pane overlight. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber door surmounted by single-pane overlight.
Appraisal
This attractive corner-sited shop contributes positively to the surrounding streetscape having retained its traditional shopfront, timber sliding sash window and asymmetrical form. The profile of the building is also of interest, its curved wall having originally been conceived to allowed cart traffic to take the corner with ease.