5, Princes Street

This house and shop, located on Princes Street, was originally built around 1720-30 and subsequently refronted around 1830. The front facade is colourwashed brick laid in a Flemish bond, with brown brick to the rear. The roof is covered with plain tiles, and there's a brick stack on the left end. The building has a double-depth plan with a small rear left wing, extending over four storeys plus a basement. It presents a two-window facade. Early 19th-century decorative wrought-iron railings enclose the basement level. The ground floor has 20th-century plate-glass windows flanked by 20th-century doors with overlights, set within early 19th-century classical architraves with cornices over pilasters. Moulded stucco surrounds all windows, with cornices to the first floor and Regency-style wrought-iron balconies to the first and second floors. Window glazing includes sash windows with margin-light glazing bars to the first floor, French windows with margin-light sashes to the second floor, and eight-pane sashes with margin lights in the attic storey. The interior features plaster cornices dating to around 1720-30 on the ground floor, along with panelling to the left side of a dog-leg staircase. The staircase itself dates to around 1720-30 and includes fret-cut brackets and panelled soffits to the carriage, with a moulded handrail atop turned balusters extending from the ground floor to the basement. The first floor has early 19th-century panelled shutters, decorative plaster cornices, a classical fireplace with fluted pilasters, and a panelled wall dating to around 1720-30 on the right. The second floor incorporates an early 19th-century classical fireplace with roundels. The basement contains a lead cistern dated 1726, which remains in its original position. The cistern is decorated with raised classical figures and dolphins within a strapwork surround.