Virginia House Settlement

Virginia House Settlement is a building that includes warehouses and a former chapel, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed from Plymouth limestone rubble, with many sections featuring brick jambs and arches, and has dry slate and asbestos slate roofs, most of which have gable ends. The building occupies a large, irregular corner site that almost encloses a small courtyard. The late 19th-century chapel was converted from an 18th-century warehouse, with a chapel front added.

The exterior features two and three storeys. The taller corner block has a window arrangement of 6:1:3:2, with a single window above a blind window and doorway at the canted corner. The right-hand section steps down to two storeys and includes segmental arches and many original sash windows with glazing bars. Set back on the right is the three-bay chapel front, which is under two steep crow-stepped gables of the old warehouse and has a moulded entablature below. The chapel front features three pairs of keyed round-arched window openings with 20th-century windows. The three-bay entrance, built forward on the ground floor, has a projecting narrow central entrance bay with a gable on gable design and a traceried oculus. Below this is a doorway with a shouldered head, along with similar openings set back to the left and right, topped with a moulded cornice.

The interior has not been inspected. This building is a notable example of an evolved group, part of which became a chapel before reverting to commercial use. It is included for its historical and group value.