70, Scotch Street

No. 70 Scotch Street is a house that has been converted into a shop, dating from the late 18th century and incorporating parts of an earlier building. The exterior features painted stucco walls on a chamfered painted stone plinth, with painted V-jointed quoins and an eaves cornice. The roof was replaced in 1990. The building has two and a half storeys and two bays, with a single-bay return. It continues the line of St Albans Row, but its gable extends into Scotch Street. The ground floor has 20th-century angle panelled doors set in a painted stone surround beneath a coved hood. The shop windows on both facades are 19th-century and elliptically-arched, also in painted stone surrounds. The upper floor and attic feature sash windows in painted stone surrounds. In 1990, a new arched opening was added to the ground floor on the Scotch Street elevation. The interior was completely gutted during the 1990 redevelopment, which uncovered remnants of a timber-framed building at the south-west corner next to No. 4 St Albans Row. This includes posts and braces from a two-storey jettied arch-braced structure, similar to the Guildhall, which has been retained behind the new work during renovations.