5 Lower Canal Road

5 Lower Canal Road is part of a two-storey, asymmetric terrace located at 4-8 Lower Canal Road in Newtown. The buildings at Nos 4, 5, and 8 each have one window, while Nos 6 and 7 feature symmetric fronts with two windows. The structure is built from English garden wall bond brick, which is painted on the front, and has a gently pitched slate roof with a saw-toothed eaves cornice and brick stacks. The first-floor windows have two-light casements positioned below the eaves, while the ground floor features broader two-light small-paned casement windows. The windows are adorned with cambered header arches and plain reveals.

There are later 19th-century timber porches on the front, which have gabled roofs covered in fishscale slate, along with bargeboards and finials, and panelled sides. Nos 5, 7, and 8 have later brick plinths. The doors to Nos 4 and 5 date from the 19th century. The upper portions of the end elevations are slate hung, and there is a cross wing at the rear of No 5. The windows at the rear are contemporary but modern, and the western side is also slate hung. Additionally, there is a yard that encloses a wash-house and latrines at the back of No 4.