Waterstones Bookshop

Waterstone's Bookshop, formerly known as Booth's grocery shop, is located on Fishergate and dates back to 1859, with the upper floors re-faced in 1915. The building has been altered internally and features a brick construction with a facade of sandstone ashlar and white faience. The roof is not visible but is likely slate. It has a deep rectangular plan situated on a corner site, with a canted corner.

The building stands three storeys tall, with a window arrangement of 2:3:2 on Fishergate, one at the corner, and 2:2:2 on Glovers Court. The ground floor, made of sandstone, showcases a continuous arcade of round-headed arches supported by columns with carved foliated caps. There are seven bays on Fishergate, one at the corner between canted piers with shafts, and six bays on Glovers Court. Each arch features a 2-centred extrados with a mask keystone, and the spandrels are decorated with gold-coloured mosaic and brackets that support a pierced parapet around the entire building.

The upper floors, finished in faience, have thin canted pilasters, a string-course above each floor, a deep frieze adorned with swags, an enriched modillioned cornice, and arcaded windows. The first-floor windows are arched like those below, while the second-floor windows are half the size and twice as numerous in each bay. The building has a hipped roof and continues to the rear in red brick, featuring eight bays, pilasters, a Lombard frieze, a moulded cornice, and mostly round-headed windows, although the ground floor windows are blocked. There is also a bridge that crosses the street. The interior has been altered.