Survey Data
Reg No
21518020
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Shop/retail outlet
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
157786, 156763
Date Recorded
04/05/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay three-storey building, built c. 1860, with shopfront inserted at ground level. Pitched gabled natural slate roof behind parapet wall. Walls faced in red brick laid in Flemish bond with rendered quoins. Square-headed window openings with moulded architrave surrounds and corniced sill course to second floor. Camber-headed window openings to first floor with moulded architrave surrounds and scrolls to the base. One-over-one timber sash windows throughout. Traditional style modern timber shopfront with central display windows flanked by square-headed door openings, limestone step to east door opening. Large panelled pilaster to either end with oversized scrolled console brackets joined by a modillion enriched fascia. Interior retains an original floor plan, original timber staircase, window boxes and joinery.
Appraisal
A formal Victorian building which, due to its height and good condition, holds a prominence on this side of Roches Street. The combination of the architrave surrounds, the corniced sill courses and the red brick combine to add artistic interest to the façade.