49, Lower Bridge Street

No. 49 Lower Bridge Street is a small town house, now part of a hotel and restaurant, likely built in the mid-18th century with some alterations. The building is constructed of brown brick in English bond and features a hipped grey slate roof, with the ridge running at a right angle to the front. It has a basement and four storeys, with a single bay.

Access to the basement is via nine steps leading down to half-glazed double doors with two panels, located north of the centre. There are four steps up to the main entrance, which has a door of six fielded panels set in a probably replaced pedimented case with fluted pilasters. The building has flush quoins and replaced 16-pane recessed horned sash windows on the first, second, and third storeys, along with a 12-pane window on the fourth storey. Each of these storeys features sillbands, and flat gauged brick heads above the windows. The top quoins on the north-west corner are corbelled out to the side. A lead rainwater pipe, with its lower part replaced in cast iron, has a decorative rainwater head. There is a lateral chimney, and the rear of the building has been altered. The interior has not been inspected.