20 Bangor Street

This building forms part of a row of six shops with dwellings above, constructed as a single Victorian classical composition. The terrace rises three storeys with an attic level and displays bold, enriched architectural detailing in the Victorian classical style. Walls are painted roughcast; the roof is slate, retaining mainly original thick slates though partly renewed.

Front Elevation

Each premises occupies two bays, with the right-hand property (No. 14) being notably narrower. The ground-floor shop fronts are framed by bold fluted Ionic pilasters supporting a fascia and cornice that incorporates a dentil frieze. At No. 22, the original pilasters have been cut through to accommodate a late 19th-century shop front, though the cornice of the original fascia remains partly visible.

Above the shops, each premises is framed by panelled pilasters that are separately articulated to each floor, rising to an entablature and a deep bracketed eaves cornice. The middle storey features windows with moulded sill bands, Corinthian pilasters, and moulded tympana decorated with anthemion and other relief foliage; the moulding continues as an impost band. The capitals to the pilasters are missing from Nos. 18, 20, and 22. No. 22 retains its original four-pane sash windows, though windows in the other properties have been replaced. The upper storey windows have a corbelled sill band and moulded keyed architraves; Nos. 20, 22, and 24 retain their original four-pane sash windows, while the remainder have been replaced. The end premises at Nos. 14 and 24 retain their original dormers. On the left side, No. 24 has a pair of four-pane sash windows, though its gable has been removed. On the right side is a pair of replaced windows beneath a cornice on foliage-enriched consoles, a gable with plain barge boards, and a semi-circular panel decorated with anthemion and other foliage in relief.

No. 20's original front has been replaced by a late 20th-century shop front with a panelled door positioned on the left side.

Side and Rear Elevations

The right side wall is of scribed roughcast and features an angle pilaster and cornice over the shop window. Above are replaced windows in original moulded architraves. A central attic window contains a renewed sash window, and to the right is a renewed tall, narrow stair window.

The rear elevations are two-window arrangements, roughcast (rendered at No. 18). They feature half dormers and tall, narrow stair lights on the right side, except No. 14 which has a stair window in the side wall. Some original sash windows are retained.