Survey Data
Reg No
50920071
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Shop/retail outlet
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1900 - 1920
Coordinates
315868, 233601
Date Recorded
04/08/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey commercial building, built c. 1910, as one of four similar buildings, with recent shopfront to ground floor. Hipped slate roof with ridge running perpendicular to street, concealed behind parapet with granite coping. Machine-made red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with full-height red brick piers flanking front elevation, moulded terracotta sill and stringcourses and moulded red brick course to base of parapet. Gauged brick segmental-headed window openings with moulded granite sills and one-over-one timber sash windows with ogee horns. Recent shopfront spans ground floor. Street fronted on north side of King Street South, abutted by similar red brick buildings, No. 52 (50920072) and No. 54 (50920070).
Appraisal
A purpose-built red brick Edwardian shop building, built as one of a group of four, forming a symmetrical composition. Despite the loss of its historic shopfront, it retains most of its original external fabric. Together with the matching three buildings, it form a coherent stretch of historic streetscape. The group also demonstrates the commercial transformation of a former residential area where plot ratios, fenestration and façade composition are integrated into the updated commercial designs.