Survey Data
Reg No
50080336
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
House
Historical Use
Shop/retail outlet
In Use As
Office
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
314465, 233933
Date Recorded
21/05/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c.1800. Formerly in use as pawnbroker's, later in use as funeral home, now in use as offices. Recent flat roof. Painted brick parapet having granite capping to front (south) elevation. Painted brick walls laid in Flemish bond. Rendered walls to ground floor having recent timber fascia and pilasters. Twentieth-century clock to first floor central bay. Square-headed window openings having painted sills, set in round-arched recesses with impost course, to first floor. Replacement timber windows. Recent metal shutter to ground floor east bay. Elliptical-headed door opening having decorative render surround with Ionic columns and respondent pilasters, timber panelled door and plain fanlight.
Appraisal
This terraced house retains its early form and character and contributes to the historic character of Thomas Street. Its decorative door surround is typical of Georgian architecture while the first floor blind arches add interest to the upper floors. Like many of the neighbouring houses, the ground floor subsequently had a commercial use, as a pawnbrokers between 1840 and 1907, and more recently as a funeral home. Thomas Street was laid out by the early eighteenth century as an important thoroughfare linking the city with the west.