135-139, DALE STREET

A house, now used as shops and offices, was likely built around 1790. It is four storeys high and has six bays wide by six bays deep. The building is notable for its dentilled cornice. Number 139 has a ground floor rendered with stucco, while the other properties have shop fronts dating from the Edwardian period. The upper floors feature sash windows, most of which retain glazing bars, all with stone sills and lintels.

The return facade to Trueman Street is particularly distinctive, with the first five bays arranged in a symmetrical design around a three-bay, pedimented centre. The first bay has a stuccoed ground floor. Architectural detailing includes a reeded band above the ground floor and a sill band on the first floor, together with a dentilled cornice. A round-arched entrance is framed by a Doric doorcase and ornamented panels, with a reeded frieze and cornice, topped by a flanlight. The first floor features a Venetian window with columns and an ornamented apron, set on a continuous reeded band; flush balustrades are present on the second and fourth windows. The central window on the second floor has an ornamented architrave and panelled pilasters extending to the top floor, with a cornice and blocking course below a central pediment. There are six stacks, each with its own cornice.