house — Parliament Street

Corner-sited attached gable-fronted two-bay five-storey former house, dated 1780, having gabled front (east) elevation with shopfront to ground floor, and four-bays with gable-fronted end bay to Essex Gate to south. Now in use as offices. Pitched roof, having parapet with moulded render cornice, gabled parapet to front and end bay to south elevation having cornice and cut stone coping. Smooth rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with date plaques within roundels to gables, rusticated quoins to south-east corner, channelled render to ground floor having cornice and plinth course. Square-headed window openings with masonry sills, continuous sill courses to first and second floor openings, render surrounds and pedimented entablatures having scrolled consoles to first floor windows to front, one-over-one pane, six-over-six pane and three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows. Oculus to first floor to south elevation. Arcade to south elevation of ground floor comprising round-headed window and door openings with moulded render surrounds and string course at impost level, single pane timber framed windows having render sills, square-headed door openings with recent timber panelled doors and plain fanlights. Shopfront comprising square-headed window opening having fixed timber windows and panelled stall risers, square-headed door opening with double-leaf timber panelled door and recent railings. Situated on west side of Parliament Street and north side of Essex Gate.