13 John Street

Three-storey building, mid-C19.

MATERIALS: the building’s front elevation is stuccoed.

PLAN: the building has a rectangular footprint with long elevations facing north (rear) and south (front) onto John Street. The building is three bays wide in a two/one arrangement (west/east, respectively) and three storeys high. The roof is hipped. It is detached to the west and attached to the flank of 165 High Street to the east.

EXTERIOR: at the first and second floors the building has three six-over-six horned sash windows. Above the second floor is a projecting cornice and blocking course.

The ground floor entrance has a C20 glazed door and a simple neoclassical surround with Doric pilasters and frieze with plaque which reads ‘Vanner House’. To the west of the entrance is a plate glass shop window matching the proportions of the upper windows. To the east of the door is a simple shopfront with a wide plate glass window framed by pilasters. There is a stallriser below the window which partially envelops an earlier doorstep and a flat hood above it.