Phoenix House

Phoenix House is a former Methodist Sunday School, now functioning as a shop, built in 1887 and designed by architect Edward Boardman. The building features painted brick and a slate roof, standing two storeys tall with six first-floor windows. The bays are defined by rusticated pilasters. There are panelled doors on the right and left, each with plain fanlights set in moulded architraves that include keyblocks beneath a dentilled hood, complemented by decorated spandrels. The ground floor has round-headed sash windows fitted with 20th-century plate glass, also featuring keyblocks under dentilled hoods. A dentilled modillion cornice sits above a plain frieze, while the central pediment includes a round cast-iron ventilator with the date displayed in a moulded brick surround. The building has a plain parapet. On the side elevation facing King's Lane, there is one round-headed window and six flat-headed windows, all set in lugged architraves, with the end bays slightly projecting.

Inside, a curved stair from each door leads to a gallery that wraps around all four sides, supported by a cast iron balustrade on cast iron columns at the ends and three cast iron brackets on either side. The ceiling is coved and features a large arch-braced roof-light.