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Terraced four-bay three-storey house, c.1900, possibly incorporating fabric of earlier house, pre-1840, on site. Renovated, c.1975, with replacement shared shopfront inserted to ground floor probably incorporating fabric of original shopfront. One of a group of two. Pitched (shared) slate roof behind parapet with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses, cornice capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods having cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered coping to parapet. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows. Replacement shared shopfront, c.1975, to ground floor probably incorporating fabric of original shopfront on cut-granite chamfered base with tapered pilasters on pedestals, fixed-pane display windows, glazed double doors having overlight, timber panelled door to house on cut-granite step having overlight, and shared fascia. Interior with entrance hall having decorative clay tiled floor. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

A pleasantly appointed Classically-proportioned substantial building purpose-built as one of a group of two related units (with 15603049) accommodating commercial and residential spaces in a wholly integrated composition. Although somewhat compromised at street level following the introduction of a replacement shopfront of little inherent design distinction, the elementary attributes prevail elsewhere together with most of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thereby maintaining the status as an important contributing factor in the character or streetscape aesthetic of Rafter Street.