The Roundhouse, Wheatsheaf Buildings

The Roundhouse, located in Wheatsheaf Buildings, is a public house and shops built in the early 1860s. It features rock-faced stone construction with a slate roof and has a semi-circular plan with three storeys and a total of ten bays. The building includes continuous sill and impost bands, as well as a pierced parapet with articulating dies above the eaves cornice. The windows are a mix of single and paired sash styles, with round-arched heads and pointed hoodmoulds on the ground floor, shouldered heads on the first floor, and arched heads on the second floor. There are two shop windows on the north side. The doors are designed with arches, shouldered arches, or, in one case, colonnettes with naturalistic capitals supporting a cusped arch and a multi-foiled overlight. The building has ridge chimney stacks. Although the interior has been much altered, the pub retains some original features, including fireplaces, plaster cornices, and a staircase with cast-iron balusters. Historical records indicate that Robert Hirst was the publican of the Wheat Sheaf in 1821, with the name dating back to as early as 1780.