2A Commercial Street

Nos. 2A, 4 and 6 Commercial Street form a formal late Georgian terrace of three-storey buildings, currently used for commercial purposes but originally designed as shops with accommodation above. The buildings are rendered and painted, likely over brick, and feature Welsh slate roofs, although some have been replaced with artificial slates.

The facade consists of a 1:6:1 bay arrangement, with the single bays slightly projecting. The left-hand single bay contains the entrance to Pontypool Market, which features a Tudor-style archway made of limestone rubble with yellow Ebbw Vale brick dressings, dated 1894. The ground floor includes two triple-bay shops in the center and a single-bay shop, all with late 20th-century shopfronts and fascias.

There is a cill band at the first floor, which showcases an arcade of semi-circular arched recesses, each housing a six over six sash window. The first floor also has an impost band and double thickness piers for the end bays. A cill band is present at the second floor, which features three over three sashes in plain openings. The building is topped with a frieze, eaves, and a plain roof. The interior was not inspected during the resurvey in October 1996.