13, 14 AND 15, JOHN STREET

13, 14, and 15 John Street are three houses with shops, built in the mid-19th century. They are constructed from limestone ashlar, and while the roof is not visible, it is likely slate. The buildings have a narrow frontage and a deep span ridge roof.

The exterior features three storeys and a basement with irregular window arrangements. All windows are sash style, with those on the first and second floors set in raised plaster surrounds that have small volute head and foot terminals, resting on square sills with shaped aprons. The first-floor windows also have dentil cornices and a moulded sill band above panelled aprons. Each property includes a shallow canted oriel window with a four-eight-four-pane sash on the first floor.

No. 13 has three twelve-pane windows above one twelve-pane window and an oriel, along with a broad three-pane display window with thin mullions and a single panel door to the left, topped by a five-pane decorative transom light. No. 14 features a single twelve-pane window above the oriel and an original fifteen-pane display front, with a door to the right that has a glazed single panel with margin panes and a decorative five-pane transom light. No. 15 has two twelve-pane windows above a twelve-pane window and an oriel, with a broad two-pane display front with a thin mullion and a single panel door to the left, also under a decorative five-pane transom light.

The shop fronts are well-preserved, featuring display fronts that are topped with a full-width moulded cornice and frieze, with panelled pilasters at the doors and between properties. The decorative theme on the ground floor includes lozenge or diagonal patterns on the pilasters, doors, and transom lights, as well as the central display front. The doors are accessed via single or double sandstone steps. The buildings also have a cornice with a blocking course and parapet, which is returned in ashlar, along with low-pitched coped gables and stacks. The interiors have not been inspected.