house

End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey over basement house, built c.1820, having timber shopfront to front (north-east) elevation. Formerly in use as shop, currently vacant. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, dressed stone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls having render quoins to front elevation. Diminishing camber-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills to front elevation, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings with render sills to rear (south-west) and side (south-east) elevations, having replacement timber and uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening to rear elevation having uPVC door. Timber shopfront on rendered plinth blocks, comprising channelled pilasters surmounted by architrave, frieze and lead clad cornice. Square-headed window opening now partially blocked with four pane overlights and rendered stall riser. Square-headed door opening with tooled stone step and recent timber sheet door surmounted by overlight.

This former shop is an important part of a terrace of commercial and residential buildings. The building retains its historic character through the retention of key historical features such as tooled stone sills and sash windows. The shopfront although in a dilapidated condition, still posses finely crafted features such as a tooled stone step to the main doorway, a feature that was once common throughout this street.