29, Belvedere

The building at 29 Belvedere is a house, later adapted for use as shops, offices, and flats, dating from approximately 1760 to 1770. It was altered in 1876 by Wilson, Willcox and Wilson. The front is constructed of limestone ashlar, while the rear is a combination of ashlar and rubble. It has a double-pile, parapeted roof covered with Welsh slate to the front; the rear covering is not visible. The roof has coped party walls on either side, with two ashlar chimney stacks on the right side featuring early clay pots, and a rebuilt stack on the front.

The building is four storeys high, plus a basement, and has a symmetrical two-window front. The first floor has two two-over-two sashed windows set in splayed reveals. The second floor contains two plate glass sashed windows with stone sills, also in splayed reveals. The third floor mirrors the second floor. The ground floor features a mid-19th-century ashlar shop front extending over the basement. This shop front has an arcade with three round-headed openings: a central opening and two to the right, containing plate glass shop windows. To the left are two Pennant steps leading to a four-panel door for the upper floors, and a half-glazed shop door to the right. Moulded panels are situated below the windows. Four pilasters have floral capitals, and the openings have moulded archivolts with carved keystones. The spandrels of the central left and right openings feature circular panels with relief heads; the left panel is inscribed "GALEN" and the right "HIPPOCRATES." A frieze is inscribed with “HARDINGS BEL E-----PHARMACY.” There is a moulded dentil cornice and a blocking course above. Horizontal elements extend to the blind sides on either side. Two openings are located in the basement beneath the windows. A bracketed former eaves cornice is present above the second floor, with a moulded eaves cornice and a coped parapet that continues with the building at No. 28 Belvedere. The rear elevation has plate glass sashed windows, and a single-storey ashlar extension with a lead and corrugated asbestos roof.

The interior was not inspected. A staircase is located at the front of the building. Historically, this building served as the shop of H.J. Thomas, Chemist, around 1901 and represents an unusually elaborate High Victorian chemist's shop, complete with classical imagery.