31, Milsom Street

31 Milsom Street is a house that has been converted into a shop, dating from around 1761 to 1765, with early 20th-century additions. It is possibly designed by Thomas Jelly, with the shopfront created by J. Foster, a shopfitter, in 1906, and extended to the left in 1909. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar, which is now painted on the front, while the rear remains in ashlar. It features a double pile parapeted mansard roof with double Roman tiles on the upper slopes and Welsh slate on the lower, along with a coped party wall to the right that has two ashlar stacks with some early clay pots.

The exterior consists of three storeys. The first floor has three plate glass horned sash windows set in ovolo moulded architraves, complete with friezes and cornices, and a central pediment, although the lowered sills are not visible due to the shopfront. The second floor features three two-over-two sash windows in eared ovolo moulded architraves that rise from stone sills. The ground floor showcases a projecting timber shopfront from 1906, designed by J. Foster and Son, which was extended in 1909 and 1915. This shopfront includes plate glass windows on either side of a recessed glazed door, topped with a frieze of small panes. There are square plan piers on both sides, glazed to create additional window displays, supporting a fascia and dentil cornice that incorporates a blind box. The basement has no openings. The roof features two single dormers with six-over-six sash windows in moulded architraves, a modillion eaves cornice, and a coped parapet. The partially visible rear elevation includes an eight-over-eight sash window on the second floor, two single dormers with six-over-six horned sashes, and a long extension that incorporates a former mews building with a parapeted roof and a felt-covered lantern light. The rear also has one blind window on the first floor.

The interior has not been inspected. Historically, the building has been used as a shop since 1832, and the current front was constructed for W. H. Smith in 1906, with the left extension added in 1909 to include the house door frontage.