24 West Street

House or pair of houses constructed during the mid to late-C18 with alterations and additions in both the C19 and C20.

MATERIALS: the building is constructed of brick laid in Flemish bond, painted to its principal, south elevation and rendered to the east elevation, with a timber shopfront and a plain tile roof covering.

PLAN: the building occupies an L-shaped plan with the historic, principal, south range fronting West Street and two extensions to the north along the eastern plot boundary.

EXTERIOR: the principal, south range is of three storeys across two bays onto West Street under a steep, pitched roof with a cross-gable projecting northwards and a ridge chimney stack on the party wall with Number 26 to the west. The ground floor carries a symmetrical shopfront with a central shop window with moulded timber surrounds and two timber mullions above a low stall riser, flanked by pairs of pilasters which frame half-glazed and panelled doors at either end of the elevation. The base of the pilasters is continued along the stall riser. The four pilasters rise to a simply moulded fascia with flat hood. Above, the first and second floors each carry a pair of late-C19, timber sash windows with stone lintels and stucco cills. The first-floor windows are two-pane sashes while the smaller, second-floor windows have two-over-two glazing. There is a dentillated brick eaves course. The east elevation is partially exposed and carries a single-pane, fixed window in a plain timber surround. Adjoining the front range to the north is a two-storey, C19 extension under a pitched roof, followed by a single-storey, C20 extension under a flat roof.