Survey Data
Reg No
50080261
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
Historical Use
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
314483, 233896
Date Recorded
21/05/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay four-storey former house, built c.1820, having recent shopfront to ground floor. Later in use as shop, now disused. Hipped M-profile roof hidden behind parapet to front (north) with granite capping, shared rendered chimneystacks having clay chimney pots. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond to front. Square-headed window openings having painted granite sills and replacement timber windows. Shopfront and entrance boarded-up.
Appraisal
This terraced house retains its early form and character. Its narrow frontage emphasises its height that, together with its neighbours, contributes to the urban character of Thomas Street. Early fabric remains in the brickwork and roof structure. The vertical window openings, simple elevation and height are typical of Georgian architecture, and like many houses on this important street, it was subsequently used as a shop. In 1890 it was listed in Thom's Directory as the premises of Malachi Murphy, confectioner.