9 Church Street

4-8, 7, 8, 9 and 10 Church Street

It is 3 storeys and 4 bays, of which the R-hand bay is narrower, on a steel frame. The middle and upper storeys (Nos 4-8) are stone-faced. The roof is concealed behind a parapet with moulded cornice. The bays of the upper storeys are divided by giant order pilasters with Greek key capitals, while the middle storey windows have pilasters with fluted capitals. Panelled aprons are between the middle and upper storeys, the central panel in each bay having an emphasised roundel. Each bay has 3 windows with margin-lit metal-frame glazing, some with glazing bars removed. The middle storey windows are taller. Above the lower storey is a deep stone cornice, partly obscured by modern fascia.

The lower storey (Nos 7, 8, 9, 10) has polished end pilasters and central square piers behind which is the broad passage (with added gate) to the deeply recessed entrance to the offices above. The passage has a panelled ceiling and mosaic floor.

The Hair Center (No 7) to the L has a modern shop front. Davies & Son (No 8) and the 2 shops to the R (Nos 9 and 10) retain their glazing including cross-pattern clerestorey bands below the fascias. The shop to the R-hand side (No 10) has double glazed doors with diagonal brass handles recessed with mosaic floor. The shops R and L of centre (Nos 8 and 9) have splayed corners leading into the passage, of which Davies & Son on the L (No 8) has its doorway in the splay, with a half-glazed door with margin lights and diagonal brass handle. The shop R of centre (No 9) has its own recessed doorway with similar detail.

Some original windows are retained to the plainer stepped rear.