W.R. Hamilton and Son — Main Street North

Terraced two-bay four-storey house, c.1800. Renovated, post-1900, with replacement advanced shopfront inserted to ground floor incorporating fabric of earlier shopfront, pre-1880. One of a pair. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having profiled capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered stepped eaves over red brick header bond construction having iron ties. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered quoins to ends, and slate-hanging to side (south) elevation. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, eight-over-eight and four-over-eight (top floor) timber sash windows having overlights to first floor. Replacement advanced timber shopfront, post-1900, to ground floor incorporating fabric of earlier shopfront, pre-1880, with panelled (hollow) pilasters, fixed-pane timber display windows, timber panelled double doors having overlight, and fascia having lined moulded cornice. Interior with carved timber surrounds to door openings having timber panelled doors, timber staircase having turned timber balustrade supporting carved timber (mahogany) handrail, carved (reeded) timber chimneypieces, timber panelled shutters to window openings, and reeded plasterwork cornices to ceilings. Street fronted with cobbled footpath to front.