Survey Data
Reg No
50920016
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
315903, 233632
Date Recorded
22/09/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Attached two-bay four-storey brick former townhouse, built c. 1850, constructed (or refaced) as one of a pair with No. 44 (50920015). Replacement shopfront spanning the ground floor. M-profile slate roof hidden behind parapet wall with two brick chimneystacks to north party wall having lipped clay pots. Replacement metal hopper and downpipe breaking through parapet to north. Brick walls with channel-rusticated quoins, continuous moulded sill courses with plain friezes, and crown cornice to parapet. Square-headed window openings with stucco architraves, pediments supported by scrolled console brackets over first floor openings. Multi-paned timber sash windows; replacement six-over-six with ogee horns third floor, possibly original six-over-six to second floor with convex horns and possibly original one-over-one (with glazing bars removed) to first floor. Recent glazed shopfront with traditional style timber surround. Forming part of continuous terrace of commercial buildings lining east side of Grafton Street.
Appraisal
Possibly built as a townhouse, this building retains the original residential plot size and domestic fenestration pattern. Built at an angle in the street line, the building is paired with the adjoining building (No. 44) by façade embellishments, forming an interesting composition and contributing to the variety of the streetscape.