40-46, KING STREET

Nos 40, 42, 44, and 46 King Street is a terrace building that has recently been shortened and now includes shops. It dates from the late 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The structure is made of brick, partly rendered, with stone dressings, and features a slated roof with three ridge chimneys made of red brick, one of which is rendered and one truncated.

The building is three storeys high and has eight windows arranged in three sections of two, three, and three windows above four shop units, which were formerly three, with 19th-century fascia detailing. There is a raised first-floor cill band and stacked window openings beneath painted wedge lintels. The left end has two bays with undivided 19th-century sash windows, while the other openings now feature non-traditional 20th-century replacement joinery, and the first-floor openings on the right end have been enlarged.

A stone eaves cornice runs along the top, and the left gable has a pedimental apex with a blind oculus. The doorway features a semi-circular head and a fanlight, with three bays of sash windows above. The terrace was modified in the 19th century to include shops and a hotel, and it has been further reduced in length by four bays in more recent times.