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China Blue — Wellington Quay

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China Blue — Wellington Quay
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Attached two-bay three-storey former house over raised basement, built c.1825, now in use as retail outlet. M-profile pitched slate roof, hipped to west with clay ridge tiles, partly hidden behind rendered parapet having granite coping. Smooth rendered walls with rendered pilasters having caved granite capitals dividing bays of first floor, over ashlar granite with channelled granite pilasters to ground floor. Snecked limestone and yellow brick walls to east, rendered walls to west and south. Square-headed window openings having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, set within elliptical-headed recesses having continuous granite sill course to first floor, granite sills to second floor. Square-headed door openings, set within square-headed recesses with panelled granite pilasters having scrolled brackets supporting granite cornices, timber panelled doors and plain overlights. Granite steps with rounded end to west, wrought-iron railings having cast-iron finials on carved granite plinth wall to north and between doors. Located on south side of Wellington Quay to west of Merchant’s Arch.

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