Abbey Dairy

A retail shop built in the early C20 by J Foster & Sons.

MATERIALS: limestone ashlar and glass.

PLAN: a small shop with frontage to Lower Borough Walls, backing on No. 46 St James's Parade (qv), and trapezoidal on plan. Flat roof not visible.

EXTERIOR: full width shop-front with one wide and one narrow plate glass panel to low stall-board, below smaller square transom lights, with glazed door and transom light set back, to the right, beyond this, far right, panelled and glazed door with transom light, all these under fascia with moulded cornice, and contained in very narrow panelled pilasters with modelled consoles. Above cornice is three part lofty parapet, centre raised and with segmental head, sides with swept moulded copings stopped at outer ends to small fluted finials with ball cappings. Centre and end parapet faced with painted and gilt glass display panels, to centre with ‘W.D.LANE/ABBEY DAIRY’ in decorative capitals, enclosing painted figure of cow enclosed in cartouche. To left, in similar lettering ‘BEST DAIRY PRODUCE’ and to right ‘OUR CREAM A SPECIALITY’, both these also cartouche-like embellishments.

INTERIOR: not inspected.