house — Dawson Street

Attached two-bay four-storey house over basement, built c. 1790, having arcaded stone shopfront of 1872-3 to ground floor, and full-height flat-roofed addition to rear. Now in use as restaurant. M-profile roof, hipped to north end and pitched to south end, behind rebuilt red brick parapet with masonry coping, and having rendered chimneystack to south party wall with clay pots, second chimneystack to rear wall of rear pile, concealed gutters, cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Flemish bond red brick walling, rebuilt to upper floor, and rendered to basement. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted rendered reveals, painted masonry sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Shopfront comprises three round-headed openings, outer ashlar granite piers, two blue limestone columns flanking central bay with ornate detailing in Portland limestone including attic base, plinth, Gothic capitals and stops, foliate roundels to spandrels, elaborate Gothic frieze and detailed cornice spanning first floor sill level. Recent glazing to arcaded openings, recent timber and glazed double-leaf door to north bay, accessed via two bull-nosed stone steps to platform bridging basement and third step to street. Recent terrace partially bridging basement, terrace and entrance covered by arcaded metal frame with perspex covering. Recent steps to basement area. Granite walls to either side of shopfront having chamfered square columns, raked copings, decorative cast-iron railings and cast-iron lamps standards. Terrace and entrance platform bounded to street by replacement gates and railings on moulded granite plinth.