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Terraced two-bay three-storey over basement former house with attic accommodation, built c.1820, shopfront to front (north) elevation added 1911, and two-storey extension to rear (south) elevation c.1950. Now in use as part of college. Pitched slate roof concealed behind rebuilt red brick parapet with carved granite coping, red brick chimneystack having clay pots. Cut granite eaves course over red brick, laid in Flemish bond, to front, smooth render to extension to rear. Square-headed window openings with masonry sills and raised render reveals, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with cast-iron balconettes to first floor. Timber shopfront comprising pilasters, plain console, cornice and nameplate and square-headed window opening having timber framed display windows over panelled stall risers. Square-headed door opening with timber framed overlight and timber panelled door. Apparently retaining plaster cornices with Greek key and egg-and-dart mouldings to interior, with scrolled tread-ends to stairs and beaded panels to shutters. Fronting to south of Pearse Street, with steel-framed basement lights to footpath.

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