3, Church Street

This is a three-storey house, now a shop with accommodation above, dating from circa 1762, with later 18th-century and 20th-century alterations. It was designed by Thomas Jelly for the Duke of Kingston’s Estate. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar, with the ground floor painted, and has a pantile roof. It is a Palladian style building with a roughly L-shaped plan, returning to North Parade Passage, and a double-fronted Church Street elevation. The basement has a plinth, with the tops of the windows visible above. The central entrance has a panelled door with a rectangular light above, set within an attached Ionic surround and broken pediment. A plat band runs around the building. The windows are late 18th-century sashes, with six panes per sash, in plain reveals. There is a modillion cornice, a parapet, and a mansard roof with three flat-topped dormers, with plain sashes and ashlar. A shared ashlar and rubble stack with pots is also present. The return elevation to North Parade Passage is two bays wide, with six-pane-over-six-pane sashes above a 20th-century "Georgian" style shopfront with six-pane-over-four-pane windows. The interior has not been inspected. The house appears to be part of a development leased to Thomas Jelly in 1762.