No. 2 And Attached Railings And Vaults

This is a house, now converted into flats, built around 1775 with alterations in the 20th century. It may have been designed by John Wood the Younger. The front of the house is constructed from limestone ashlar, while the lower parts have rubble stonework, largely hidden. The roof is a mansard style, covered with Welsh slate to the front, and incorporates coped party walls with shared ashlar stacks that connect to numbers 1 and 3 Fountain Buildings.

The building is three storeys, with an attic and a basement, and features a five-window front. The first floor has five six-over-six sash windows, with two smaller fixed windows added beneath on the left side, all set within splayed, arched surrounds with friezes and cornices. A pediment sits above the central window, rising from stone sills. Two windows on the left have been lowered and fitted with wrought iron balconettes. The second floor mirrors the first with five six-over-six sash windows in similar architraves and stone sills. The ground floor has four six-over-six sash windows, with a six-panelled door centrally placed within a stone doorcase. Below the door is a paved crossover. The basement has four windows; two are blind on the left, and two six-over-six sash windows on the right, with splayed lintels and stone sills. Three doorways and a wide opening provide access to vaults, with modern steps leading down. Dormer windows with plate glass sashes are visible in the roof. A timber bressumer is present on the right side, and a stone band course runs above the ground floor, supporting a bracketed eaves cornice and a coped parapet that continues with number 1 Fountain Buildings. The masonry change on the ground floor's left side suggests a shopfront was removed and subsequently reinstated. The rear elevation is not visible. The interior has not been inspected.

Attached to the front are wrought iron railings and a gate with shaped heads on limestone bases. These buildings were constructed by William Philips and others, and incorporate an earlier house.