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Attached two-bay four-storey former house, built c. 1780, remodelled 1858. Now in commercial use and having recent traditional-style shopfront to ground floor. Pitched slate roof, perpendicular to frontage, behind high parapet wall with granite coping. Brick Flemish bond walling to upper floors, and painted smooth render to ground floor below continuous first floor granite sill course. Square-headed window openings to upper floors with patent reveals, rubbed brick voussoirs, granite sills to top two floors, and timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to first and second floors and three-over-six pane to top floor. Segmental-headed doorway serving upper floors has moulded surround and timber four-panel door, flanked by plain pilasters topped by simple decorative consoles, plain frieze with moulded cornice, and plain overlight. Granite paved foreground approached by four granite steps, with recent stainless-steel balustrading to north and simple cast-iron railings to south.

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