
What is recorded here
Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, with pubfront inserted to ground floor and extension to rear. Fronts directly onto street. Pitched tiled roof with rendered chimneystacks. Ruled-and-lined render to walls with stone plinth and eaves course. uPVC windows with moulded surrounds and stone sills. Segmental-headed integral carriage arch opening with timber battened double doors. Shopfront with ruled-and-lined rendered stallriser, fluted timber pilasters flanking display window and replacement timber door with overlight. Fascia board and cornice with painted lettering. Four cast-iron lanterns applied to façade. Stone drain for water collection to pubfront.
The Fighting Cocks Pub on Townsend Street displays much architectural character. A pleasant Doric timber pilastered pubfront, with moulded window surrounds and integral carriage-arch opening, differentiates this commercial premises from its neighbours.
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