Nos 15 & 17 Portland Place (partly the premises of 'Poppies')

Large 3-storey former inn of roughly squared limestone with slate roof; 2-stage brick end chimney to the R, the upper stage a late C19 raising. The ground floor has an entrance to the L section with original 6-panel door and 2-pane rectangular overlight. To the L of this is a primary window opening with 6-pane modern glazing; dressed limestone voussoirs to flat-arched heads. The centre of the elevation is occupied by a shop front ('Poppies') which has a plain shop window to the R of a recessed entrance and a further entrance to the L. The whole is advanced slightly and contained below a unifying fascia with moulded and dentilated cornice. The entrances are plain and part-glazed, that to the L modern and with 3-pane overlight. To the R of the shop section is a depressed open arch giving onto a passageway leading to the rear of the building; modern iron half-gates. Beyond this is a narrow end bay with original, near-flush, 12-pane unhorned sash window; voussoirs as before. The first and second floors have similar original windows in 3 equally-spaced bays, those to the first 12 paned and those to the second of 9 panes; projecting stone sills throughout.

No.15 has two full-height original narrow well staircases with stick balusters and shaped tread ends; boxed beams to the ground floor. No.17 (Poppies) has an unvaulted medieval undercroft, partly rock-cut, with rubble walls and an original flight of 9 stone steps.