Survey Data
Reg No
13705128
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
304833, 307598
Date Recorded
25/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1880, now with bakelite shopfront c. 1960. Roof hidden by parapet wall, red brick corbelled chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on paired moulded corbels with raised render panels between pairs, circular cast-iron downpipe. Painted smooth rendered walling, moulded string to parapet, platbands to first and second floors at sill level. Square-headed window openings, moulded render surrounds, keystones to second floor, entablature supported on fluted console brackets and capped by pediment to first floor, painted sill, supported on corbels to second floor, timber casement windows c. 1960. Bakelite and chrome shopfront c. 1960, square-headed display window returning to recessed entrance porch, square-headed door opening, aluminium and glazed door. Street fronted.
Appraisal
This is an attractive example of a terraced building, exuberantly decorated in a style characteristic of the late-nineteenth century. The rendered detailing may conceal an earlier structure. The handsome façade makes a valuable contribution to the variety of the street, whilst providing a fine example of a mid twentieth-century shopfront.