St Owen'S Chambers And Attached Railings

St Owen's Chambers, formerly known as No. 129 Barrell House, is a house that has been converted into printing works. It dates from the early 18th century and is constructed of brick with a hipped Welsh slate roof and brick end stacks. The building features a central staircase plan and has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar.

The exterior is symmetrical with a six-window range, showcasing 4/4 sash windows in moulded cases with beaded reveals, all set under gauged brick flat arches. The eaves are moulded and modillioned. The central entrance, which is a 20th-century six-panel door, is framed by a moulded case and a moulded, panelled flat hood supported by brackets. This entrance is flanked by 2/2 and 4/4 sash windows. Attached to the building are railings with a tendril motif that lead up to the entrance steps.

On the left side of the building, there are two blocked openings, a 20th-century 9/6 sash window, and an 18th-century cross window with leaded lights. The entrance also features a 19th-century six-panel door with an overlight that has glazing bars, alongside an 18th-century casement window with leaded lights, two 6/6 sash windows, and a storey band.

Inside, there are two staircases with bobbin balusters, and moulded strings and rails leading to the second floor, which has a panelled dado on the right-hand flight. The second floor includes two 19th-century fireplaces, one 18th-century and one 19th-century two-panel door, along with a two-panel plank door, four-panel doors, architraves, fire surrounds, and overlights.

On the first floor, there are six-panel doors in panelled reveals and architraves, a 19th-century marble fireplace, panelled risers and architraves around the windows, a late 19th-century wooden fireplace, and three fanlight-glazed overlights, as well as plain overlights and two four-panel and six-panel doors, including an eight-panel door.

The ground floor features a plain overlight, fanlight-glazed overlights, two four-panel doors, a 19th-century tiled fireplace, coving, skirting, architraves, and shutters. The cellars are extensive, containing a well and are part stone and part brick-lined, retaining brick, slate, and timber bins, with cobbled and brick floors.