Shaftesbury House, forecourt wall and rails and house to left

Shaftesbury House and the adjacent building at No. 58 are a pair of offices, likely dating to the mid to later 19th century. No. 58 is a two-storey building, while Shaftesbury House (No. 60) is a taller, four-storey structure.

No. 58 has close eaves, no visible chimneys, and a three-window front. The walls are painted stucco up to the first-floor sill course, with the upper windows set in raised surrounds. It features four-pane, horned sash windows to the first floor and ground floor right. A recessed six-panel door with an overlight sits centrally, alongside a shop window to the left, which is framed by plain pilasters, a frieze, and a cornice, and has fixed six-pane glazing. Low wrought iron railings are set on a stone plinth to the right of the entrance, with a matching gate, likely originally providing access to basement steps that are now infilled.

Shaftesbury House is exceptionally tall, with a basement and four storeys, arranged in three narrow bays. It features a moulded timber cornice and a rendered right-hand stack. The upper floors have plate glass sashes, with the top floor featuring cambered-headed, short sashes, and the second and first floors having long, square-headed sashes; all have painted sills. The ground floor has two square-headed sashes with marginal glazing-bars and a tall, narrow door set against the side wall of No. 62. The door is three-panelled, with arched top panels and an overlight, sheltered by a flat slate hood supported on stone moulded brackets. Stone steps lead to the entrance, flanked by small painted stone panelled gate piers. A decorative front ashlar wall runs along the left end, pierced by large six-pointed stars with small triangular piercings between the rail and plinth. A matching pier is set at the left end, with a short return to the house. The wall sits on a rusticated plinth of tooled grey limestone, incorporating two basement vents.

The interior of No. 60 dates to the mid to later 19th century. The entrance hall is located to the right, providing access to the front room. Front and rear rooms are characterised by egg-and-dart moulding to the cornice and a ceiling border with a wheat-ear motif. A broad elliptical arch connects the rooms, featuring moulded panels to the side pilasters. A staircase ascends in six flights, with a continuous handrail scrolling at the foot around a cast-iron post, scrolled tread ends, and square balusters. An elliptical-arched hall-arch is present in the former entrance hall, supported by two large console brackets.