The Adams House

The Adams House, originally known as No. 75, is a house that has been converted into a shop. It dates back to 1772 and was built for the Dean and Chapter. The building features orange-brown brick in Flemish bond on a slate veneer plinth, with a timber shopfront, doorcases, and cornice. The slate roof has stone copings and brick stacks, along with a rooflight at the rear.

The exterior consists of three storeys and four windows. On the right side, there is a door with six raised panels and a patterned radial fanlight set in a round-arched architrave, which is recessed in a panelled reveal of the original doorcase. This doorcase has pilaster jambs, a fluted impost band, and a dentilled cornice on slender grooved brackets. To the left, a replica door and doorcase have been inserted in a blocked former carriage arch. Both doors are accessed by flights of moulded steps. The shop window has three lights and a similar surround with a plain entablature.

The first-floor windows are 12-pane sashes with a painted stone sill band, while the second-floor windows are squat 6-pane sashes with painted stone sills. All windows have flat arches made of orange gauged brick. The building features a dentilled and modillioned moulded cornice, which is returned at the right end and has a dated inverted bell rainwater head topped with the elephant crest of Dean Fountayne.

At the rear, there is a staircase sash window with Gothick glazing, and other windows vary, with some being squat on the second floor and having cambered arches. Some windows have been blocked. The interior has not been inspected, but records indicate that it contains principal and secondary staircases with turned balusters. The first-floor front room features a fireplace with side scrolls and a frieze decorated with paterae and fluting, along with a moulded cornice. Many other rooms retain original cornices and fireplaces.