house — Anne Street South

Corner-sited attached two-bay four-storey over concealed basement former townhouse, built c. 1730, with three-storey gabled return to south and early-twentieth century shopfront. Built as pair with No. 28 (50920002). Now in use as clinic. Double-pile artificial slate roof, hipped to front pile (north), replacement Mansard-style roof to the rear (south) with steep slated pitch to east. Large stepped brick chimneystack with clay pots to centre plan, shared with neighbouring building to west. Further brick chimneystack abutting rear elevation and rising between gabled returns of both buildings. Roof hidden behind rendered north parapet wall with granite coping, parapet gutters and cast-iron hopper and downpipe breaking through to west end. Ruled-and-lined cement rendered walls throughout with partially exposed yellow brick walls to return, laid to English garden wall bond. Square-headed window openings with granite sills and timber sash windows c. 1840 with cylinder glass and ogee horns; six-over-six to the first and second floors, three-over-three to the top floor with three-over-six to the upper floors of the rear (south) elevation. Metal bars affixed to lower floors of rear. Symmetrical timber shopfront spanning ground floor comprising pair of square-headed display windows on panelled stall risers, central recessed door opening with decorative tiled floor and ornate wrought-iron gates, all framed by Ionic pilasters with swags and supporting angled fascia with modillioned lead-lined cornice returning to east side elevation. Square-headed door opening to east elevation with recent door, cast-iron gates and recent canopy. Street-fronted at junction between Anne Street South and Anne’s Lane.