Number 5 Kingsbury

Number 5 Kingsbury is a shop premises with accommodation above that is currently used for storage and office space. It dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century and features a later 19th-century shop front.

The building has plate glass shop windows flanked by brick piers, with wood and metal mullions. The first floor is constructed of painted brick and includes sash windows. The roof is plain tiled and has flat-roofed dormers. The structure consists of two storeys with an attic and a basement.

The exterior features a ground-floor shop front with a central doorway and a lobby, flanked by large plate-glass shop windows. The risers are plain, and a deep fascia connects to the first-floor canted bay window. The first floor has colour-washed brickwork and a stepped brick cornice at the eaves. The canted bay window, located to the left of centre, has horned sashes and may have originally been an oriel like the one on Number 3 to its right, but it is now connected to the shop fascia below. Above, the flat-roofed oriel has a sash window with lead-clad flanks.

Inside, the basement is accessed through a trap door at ground floor level and contains two rooms and a passage on the eastern side, with brick steps leading up to the former ground-floor passageway. The ground floor has been opened up, and the upper floors are supported by columns, with an enclosed staircase in the north-eastern corner. Ceiling beams are encased, and some ceilings are 20th century and suspended. The original flooring has been overlaid or replaced. The first-floor oriel window overlooking the street features a moulded surround and boarded sides, while one first-floor ceiling retains its cornice. In the attic, a framed wall has a blocked doorway and original plaster. The roof includes two ranks of purlins, which appear to incorporate re-used timbers.