36, 38 AND 40, WIDEMARSH STREET

36, 38, and 40 Widemarsh Street are former houses now used as offices, dating from the early 19th century. The buildings are constructed of stucco and feature a slate mansard roof with four brick chimney stacks. They have a three-unit plan and rise three storeys above cellars, presenting a six-window range. The facade includes five pairs of French windows with overlights, set within plain architraves and adorned with cast-iron balconies on brackets, all beneath a lead roof. A storey band runs across the front, and there are four recessed 3/6 sash windows flanked by grooved pilasters, along with two additional 3/6 sashes with pilasters. The wood eaves are supported by console brackets. The entrances are located to the right and consist of fielded-panel doors topped with fanlights in round-headed coved cases and surrounded by moulded architraves. There is a rusticated, grooved storey band, and the unit to the right features two 1/1 sash windows, while the rest of the ground floor has 20th-century shop fronts. At the rear, there are three roof dormers, brick modillion eaves, and a 20th-century extension to No. 40.