Sunnyside, 59 Fore Street

A house constructed in the C18 or early C19, later converted to shop use on the ground floor.

MATERIALS AND PLAN: the building is stuccoed, which is incised, and the roof covering is slate with a brick gable-end stack to the west. It is of two storeys with a rectangular, single-depth plan.

EXTERIOR: the roadside elevation facing Fore Street has three bays, with a pitched roof concealed behind a plain, coped parapet. The windows are evenly spaced and consist of two-over-two timber sashes. All, except the first-floor central window which may be earlier, are horned and probably late C19. On the ground floor, the main entrance is at the centre and has a six-panel door with glazing to the four upper panels, within a timber doorcase with simple slender pilasters, panelled reveals and a shallow cornice. There are square lead hopper heads and downpipes at either end of the building. The west gable wall has two ground-floor windows which are boarded over and a late-C20 three-light window on the first floor. The rear elevation is rendered and has an entrance with a modern steel door and a larger opening to the far left with a modern steel roller shutter door. There are two first-floor windows; one is a C20 two-light casement and the other is boarded over.

INTERIOR: the ground floor has been reconfigured as part of the conversion into a shop. No fireplaces remain and most of the joinery is modern. The staircase appears to be a later addition and is positioned against the back wall of the building. The original roof timbers include A-frame trusses with lapped yokes and trenched purlins; some of the rafters are later.