119-127, WITHAM

Nos. 119-127 on Witham are former livery stables that have been converted into shops, built around 1900. The building is constructed of red brick, accented with white brick and faience dressings, and features Welsh slate roofs with a single gable and two side wall stacks, along with decorative terracotta ridge tiles. It stands two storeys tall, with an additional attic space, and has a total of 16 windows.

The street-facing side has a central pavilion with two bays, highlighted by white brick pilaster strips and an eaves band. On the left, there is a single plain sash window, while on the right, a tripartite sash window is framed by moulded white brick surrounds. Above this, a square mansard roof is topped with an ornate iron finial and weather vane, and features two small dormers with plain sashes and shallow curved pediments. The ground floor includes a wooden and tiled shop front on the left and a segment-arched carriage entrance on the right, which has tiled inner walls and an ornate wooden fascia board topped by an open swan neck pediment.

Flanking the central section are two-storey ranges, with the first floors divided by white brick pilaster strips. The left side has three shops, while the right side has four shops, all retaining their original wood and faience fronts.

Inside, the building has two storeys, with the upper floor originally serving as stabling. Access to this area is via a broad wooden ramp that leads to a covered upper gallery. The upper floor stabling was likely added when the livery stable was rebuilt around 1900, following road widening that limited available space. This design is quite unusual for private premises, although railway companies sometimes had stables on a larger scale.