81 London Street

Townhouse, built in the early C19. Significantly enlarged to the rear in the late C20.

MATERIALS: red brick with stucco dressings. Slate roof covering.

PLAN: early-C19, three-storey range facing westward onto London Street, connected to a three-storey, late-C20 range which extends eastwards at the rear, forming a long rectangular plan with a lightwell in the centre.

EXTERIOR: the ground floor of the principal elevation has a modern shopfront with a double-door entrance to the left (north), a large, fixed-pane shop window over a panelled stall riser in the centre, and a glazed door to the south giving access to the shop unit. Each of these openings is framed by full-height pilasters that rise to a fascia shop sign.

A stucco band separates the ground-floor shopfront from the upper floors, which are of red brick laid in irregular Flemish bond. The first and second floors each contain three recessed, six-over-six glazed sash windows with gauged brickwork flat-arch heads. Above the second floor is a stucco entablature and cornice, topped by a broad, plain parapet painted white. The hipped roof of the original building joins to another hipped roof over the late-C20 rear extension.

The rear extension is of three storeys. The east elevation contains a bay window at first-floor level which is topped by a jettied box window on the second floor.

INTERIOR: it is understood that the building has been redeveloped behind the façade.