42 And 43, St Margaret'S Street

This is a two-storey house, dating from the 18th century, located on St Margaret’s Street. The left-hand part of the building has been altered considerably. The front is constructed of ashlar stone, with a moulded cornice and a plain parapet. It has a stone-tiled roof, and a south gable-end featuring a moulded parapet and a chimney at the ridge. There are eight windows, with sashes that have lost their original glazing bars in number 42. Number 42 also has a shop front with a moulded fascia and pilasters. Number 43 remains unaltered. The building features rusticated quoins and plain strings at the sill levels of the first and second floors. The windows have architrave surrounds. A central, square-headed doorway is topped by moulded brackets that support an open scrolled pediment, though the urn that would have topped the pediment is missing. The building is part of a group with The Three Horseshoes, numbers 1 to 4 Frome Road, the Liberal Club, The Baptist Chapel, the Congregational Church and Hall, numbers 6 to 16, 19 to 22, 36, 42 to 49, Westbury House on St Margaret’s Street, and number 1 St Margaret’s Hill.