Survey Data
Reg No
20844124
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1820 - 1860
Coordinates
149135, 54900
Date Recorded
19/05/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced four-bay three-storey former house, built c.1840, having timber shopfront. Now in use as shop. Pitched roof with rendered chimneystacks, eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls having render quoins. Diminishing camber-headed window openings with render sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Recent timber shopfront comprising channelled pilasters surmounted by moulded architrave, frieze and cornice with fabric canopy. Square-headed window openings having fixed single-pane timber-framed display windows over rendered stall risers. Square-headed door openings having timber glazed and timber panelled doors with single-pane and louvred overlights.
Appraisal
A handsome house forming part of an historic terrace in the town centre. Its scale, form and proportions are in keeping with the buildings to the east and west. The camber-headed openings and timber sliding sash windows add character to both building and streetscape.