38, Foregate Street

This is a mid-18th century house, now used as offices, with later additions and alterations, including those made in the mid-20th century. The exterior is pinkish-red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with stone sills and copings, and a plain tile roof with a hip to the front. A tall pinkish-red brick stack with pots rises from the left end. The house has three storeys plus an attic, featuring two windows on the first floor. First-floor windows are 1/1 horned sashes; those on the second floor are 6/6 sashes, all set in near-flush frames with sills and flat arches of gauged brick. A coped parapet partly hides a box dormer with a multi-pane casement window. The ground floor includes a glazed shop front and a part-glazed door set within a tooled stucco surround with a frieze and cornice. The interior has not been inspected. In the 18th century, Foregate Street was known as 'the mall,' and a guide from 1802 described it as a fashionable promenade due to its paving and width. This building is part of a significant group that includes the Shire Hall, the Statue of Queen Victoria, the City Museum and Library, and several other properties along Foregate Street.