Turks Head Chop House / Paramount Hotel — Parliament Street

Corner-sited attached four-bay four-storey public house, built c.1860, with six bays elevation to Essex Gate to north, having wraparound shopfront to both elevations. Now in use as hotel to upper floors. Recent flat roof having machicolated red brick parapet with moulded red brick cornice and cut granite coping, red brick chimneystack, and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls to upper floors, having moulded red brick string courses. Square-headed window openings to third floor recessed within shouldered-arch openings, having brick hood-mouldings. Square-headed window openings to second floor with moulded brick surrounds recessed within segmental-headed openings. Segmental-headed window openings to first floor with moulded red brick surrounds. Cut granite sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows throughout. Recent timber shopfront having canted recessed corner entrance with half-glazed timber panelled doors and mosaic tiles to threshold. Square-headed window and door openings to shopfront with recent fittings. Situated at junction of Parliament Street and Essex Gate.