51-53 Stodman Street

Two dwellings constructed in the C18, with ground floor converted into four retail units in the C20.

MATERIALS: constructed of brick with timber shopfronts and sash windows under a clay pantile roof.

PLAN: the buildings are linear on plan with the principal facade facing north-east.

EXTERIOR: the principal facade is over five bays and four storeys with four shop units on the ground floor. To the west is an infilled passageway in painted brick with a slim sash window. The shopfronts are, to the east a late C20 metal and plastic shopfront with recessed double-gazed door to east and two single pane windows to the west under a continuous fascia and above stallrisers. To the west, the shopfront is a late C19 wooden shopfront with dentillated cornice (partially hidden by timber signage), a central recessed glazed door with a single pane window to the west and a three-light window to the west over stallrisers. The principal elevation at first floor has a five-window range, number 51 contains two two-over-two sash windows, a blocked window and a smaller two-over-two window in the centre. Number 53 has two six-over-six sash windows. At second floor, number 51 has two, two-over-two sash windows, a central blocked window with number 53 having two six-over-six sash windows to the right. At the third floor there are five windows with no blocked window, all with four-over-eight sash windows. All windows have segmental heads. The buildings have a pantile roof with two central stacks visible.