Fortfield View

CHURCH STREET 1. 1633 (South West Side) Nos 8 to 10 (consec). No 11 (Fortfield View). SY 1287 1/235 II GV 2. Circa 1830-40. 2 storeyed stucco faced symmetrical row of shops and houses with shallow terminal pilaster strips each end. Low pitch gable end slate roof with moulded eaves cornice. 1 flat roofed casement dormer each, except for No 8 which has 2, that of No 9 larger with glazed cheeks. No 9 has 1 window lst floor, the others 2 each: tall slightly recessed sashes, glazing bars intact, thin drip moulds over. The shop fronts are original to the row, articulated by thin panelled pilasters with a cannon frieze and cornice above. The frontage of Nos 9 and 10 have been altered however. No 8 has a central 3 light mullioned and transomed window with flanking doors, that to the shop partly glazed with 2 flush panels, leaded rectangular fanlight; that to the house of 4 flush panels with large diamond glazing pattern to rectangular fanlight. No 9 retains pilasters but glazing and doors have been altered. No 10 entirely modernised. No 11 has a 3 light mullioned window and a side window, the shop door glazed with bottom panel, the house door of 2 flush end 2 moulded panels with rectangular fanlight over.

Nos 6 to 11 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: SY1253387331