4, East Quay

No. 4 East Quay is a house that has been converted into offices, dating from the early to mid-18th century. It features a stucco exterior with painted stone cornices, architraves, doorcase, and plinth, alongside a painted English-bond brick wing on the left. The roof is parapeted and not visible, with brick stacks at the gable ends. The building has a double-depth plan, stands three storeys high, and has a five-window range.

The main house presents a near-symmetrical four-window front with a single lower range to the left, beyond a pilaster. The attic storey is adorned with a cornice and blocking course, flanked by narrow pilasters, and features eared and shouldered architraves for three 3/3-pane sash windows. The first floor, beneath a deeper cornice and with wider pilasters, has keyed segmental arches with moulded architraves and shallow aprons for six 6/6-pane sashes; the ground floor windows are similar, but the lower panes of the outer ones are made of plate glass.

To the left of centre, there is a fine pedimented doorcase with a Gibbs surround, which includes double 2-panel doors. The left range, which was formerly part of the warehouse for Nos. 5-7, reaches the upper cornice of the main block. The second floor of this range is blank, while the first floor features a shallow segmental arch above a 6/6-pane sash window and a wide 20th-century window below.

Inside, the central hall contains an early 19th-century staircase on the left and a 6-panel door leading to the rear service wing, framed by a reeded cornice with roundels at the corners and a fanlight with Gothick glazing bars above. The staircase to the second floor is from the early to mid-18th century, featuring a closed string, turned balusters, and a moulded and swept handrail.