5, Southgate Street

No. 5 Southgate Street is a shop and dwelling built in 1904. The building is constructed of brick with dressed stone details and features a slate roof. It is a double-depth block with four storeys and a cellar.

The exterior showcases a well-preserved original shop front that includes a recessed entry on the left and large plate glass windows set in a cast-iron frame with colonnettes and small decorative brackets in the upper corners. The windows are flanked by slender pilasters that have panels of mirror glass, and consoles supporting finials are located at each end of the fascia. The fascia is inscribed with "BAKER" in the center, "PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER" on the left, and "JEWELLER AND OPTICIAN" on the right, all in gilt lettering.

Above the shop front, the first floor features a wide arched recess with a stone basket arch resting on moulded stone imposts. The second and third floors each have three horned sash windows with bars in the upper sashes, set in openings with projecting stone sills, stone bands, and stone lintels. There are pilaster strips at either end of the front that corbel out from the second-floor level, along with a shallow crowning cornice and a parapet with stone balustrade panels.

A notable feature of the building is its clock made by Niehus Brothers of Bristol, which includes five life-size automata figures that strike bells on the hours and quarters. The figures are positioned within the arched recess on the first floor, depicting Father Time with an hourglass in the center, and to the right, John Bull and a Welshwoman, while to the left are a Scotsman and an Irishwoman. Above the arch, a decorative cast-iron cantilever bracket supports the clock, which is topped with a brass finial, and a larger bell hangs from the bracket. The interior has not been inspected.