2 Priory Street

2 Priory Street is a group of six consecutive three-storey houses, dating from the 19th century, with stucco frontages and painted finishes, topped by Welsh slate roofs that are hidden behind parapets. The houses form a convex terrace and originally included shops on the ground floor. There are a total of nineteen windows on the first floor, arranged in the pattern of 5, 3, 3, 3, and 5. The ground floor features four shopfronts for Nos. 1 to 4, an arched entrance to White Swan Court, and tripartite 6 over 6 pane sash windows for Nos. 5 and 6. The shopfronts are framed by fluted strip pilasters, while No. 3 and the entrance to White Swan Court are accented with plain Doric pilasters. Nos. 5 and 6 have single pilasters at either end and three paired pilasters framing their tripartite windows. The entrance to White Swan Court boasts a fine pair of original double panelled doors.

The ground floor has six-panel doors with arched heads, impost blocks, and radiating fanlights. A continuous cornice runs along the ground floor, forming a cill band for the first-floor windows, which are large 6 over 9 pane sashes, with blind boxes on those of No. 4. Nos. 3 and the entrance to White Swan Court are distinguished by giant pilasters that extend through the first and second floors, featuring Composite capitals. The second floor windows, all 3 over 3 pane sashes, are set above a cill band. There is a cornice band and a parapet band; No. 4 includes an additional attic floor with a pediment and a Diocletian lunette window. The other houses each have a small flat-topped dormer that is visible behind the parapet. The rear elevations of Nos. 1 to 3 are not visible, and White Swan Court is adjacent to No. 4. The entrance to White Swan Court has a flat top and is framed by plain pilasters, with a first floor featuring a 4-light window that is four panes high in an arched recess, topped by a tripartite sash. Nos. 5 and 6 have various plain sash windows. The interior has not been seen during the resurvey.