Arch House Arch House And Attached Railings

Arch House is a house dating from around 1850, built of limestone ashlar with gable stacks and a slate mansard roof. It is planned on a double-depth format, and has two storeys and an attic, with a four-window facade. The building is divided into three sections by rusticated pilasters extending to a cornice and topped with a parapet featuring balustrades over the windows. The windows have architraves and cornices; those on the ground floor are blind, while the left-hand windows are narrower and the windows above the right-hand archway are tripartite, all featuring plate sashes with margin panes. A carriage archway on the right-hand side has an elliptical shape with keys featuring a relief of Victoria and imposts. The attic has sliding sashes. A 19th-century shop front is situated beneath the archway, featuring semicircular-arched windows. The rear entrances are paired and have narrow overlights above 4-panel doors, and 5 voussoir heads to 6/6-pane sashes. The interior has largely been modernised, but retains a dogleg staircase with stick balusters and attic fireplaces with decorative surrounds and cast-iron baskets. Attached wrought-iron railings are present to the side of the northwest corner of the archway.