2A, THE PANTILES (See details for further address information)

Formerly a bath house, now a shop, this building dates from around 1804 and features a late 19th-century shopfront. It is stuccoed and stands at a corner with three windows on each front. The principal front, facing southwest, has a high parapet with a moulded eaves cornice and four stone urns. The first floor has three 20-pane sash windows flanked by pilasters, while the ground floor has large round-headed windows also flanked by pilasters. An attached verandah, which forms number 6 The Pantiles, was added around 1840 and features slender fluted columns supporting an entablature with plumed capitals. The southeast elevation has a moulded cornice, three sash windows in moulded architraves on the first floor, and a late 19th-century shopfront with a deep fascia that curves at the ends, topped with shopfronts that have marginal glazing and pilasters, along with an elaborate wrought iron overthrow above. This building is situated over the Chalybeate spring, discovered in 1606, and incorporates the remains of a Cold Bath built in 1702. It underwent alterations in the mid-19th century. Beneath the verandah are steps leading down to two basins containing the original spring, along with a bronze plaque commemorating Dudley, 3rd Lord North, who discovered the Chalybeate water.