104a, West Street

This is an early to mid-19th century building, with later reconstruction work carried out in the 20th century by H Falkner. Originally built as a malthouse by the owner of the adjacent property at No. 104, it was later used as a hop bay warehouse. The building is three storeys high and constructed of brick with a slate roof. It features a central sash window on the second floor, two windows on the first floor, and a shop front on the ground floor, all set within arched recesses that extend two storeys in height, a feature attributed to H. Falkner's design. The ground floor displays a late 18th to early 19th century style shop front, previously bearing the name "Birch," closely resembling the shop front from Samuel Birch's premises in Cornhill, now held within the Victoria and Albert Museum. The shop front was acquired in the early 1950s from an Isleworth dealer. The property is part of a group value context with Nos. 98 to 106 (consec), including Nos. 98A and 104A.