De Bille House — Main Street

Attached five-bay three-storey townhouse, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan with shopfront to right ground floor. In alternative use, 1976. Renovated. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles terminating in cement rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on cut-limestone eaves[?]. Repointed coursed rubble stone wall to front (west) elevation originally rendered; cement rendered surface finish (remainder). Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-limestone step threshold, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on fluted keystone framing replacement timber panelled door having overlight. Drag edged dragged cut-limestone shopfront to right ground floor on a symmetrical plan. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and repointed voussoirs framing replacement timber casement windows replacing six-over-six (first floor) or three-over-six (top floor) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall; (upper floors): timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled reveals or shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.