Tara Rose

Terraced three-bay two-storey house and former shop, built c.1870. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge crestings, cast-iron rainwater goods, brick and rendered chimneystacks, and having painted rendered balustrade to parapet. Painted chanelled rendered walls to ground floor, having render plinth. Painted smooth rendered walls to first floor with render sill course and string courses. Ornate shopfront comprising painted render pilasters topped with broken segmental pediments and moulded cornice, with alternate decorative render including swag details and panels of fluted marble, blank panelled fascia. Square-headed window openings to first floor with moulded render surrounds, painted surrounds to ground floor, all having replacement uPVC windows. Replacement fixed timber window to shopfront. Square-headed door openings having replacement timber doors with rectangular overlights.

This ornate building retains many interesting features including the decorative shopfront, a loose and playful interpretation of the classical orders, and a rendered balustrade. A large building with allusions to grandeur, the Tara Rose occupies a prominent position within the streetscape.