34, West Street

This is a mid-18th century building of red brick construction with ashlar dressings. It is two storeys and has attics, with a pitched roof covered in roofing felt. A moulded eaves cornice runs around the top of the building, and a parapet features stone or stucco piers with recessed panels. The front has five sash windows with glazing bars and keystones, with panels of vitrified brick between them. A prominent Venetian window is centrally placed, featuring stone columns and pilasters with fluted caps, a moulded entablature, and an archivolt with a deep moulded keystone. Two hipped dormers light the attic space. A panelled door is topped by a semi-circular fanlight, set within panelled reveals and a moulded archivolt.

In the early 20th century, after 1905, the building was moved from its original central position. A mid-19th century shopfront, initially occupying the two right-hand bays, was expanded across the entire frontage. The Doric columns supporting the shop front fascia are reused from the 19th century, and the cast iron mullions and plate glass windows date from the early 20th century. Original rainwater heads and downpipes are still present.

A rendered two-storey extension with a hipped roof projects from the rear. Inside, a late 18th century staircase has slender wooden balusters. One room on the first floor has two niches with moulded surrounds and 3-centred arched heads.

The building is part of a group of properties, including numbers 24 to 40 (even), on West Street.