Description
Late 18th century. 2-storey and attic former public
house. Rubble built. Unusually-planned and detailed
tenement extended to rear by John Bruce, 1868.
ELEVATION TO HILLTOWN: painted ashlar ground floor; 3
windows and door refashioned in 19th cenuty. Cornice
altered. 1st floor 3 lights, centre narrow, between 4
round-headed roll moulded panels for signs (painted
over). Central wallhead curvilinear gablet with round
arched window. 2 Victorian canted dormers.
ANN STREET N GABLE: refaced 1868 by John Bruce, and
re-arranged circa 1980. Ground floor glass brick window.
2 1st floor windows blocked, lintels lowered. Mask
keystone repositioned. Lion's head skewputt. Random
rubble S gable, with trap to brewing cellar. Gable end
stack rebuilt in brick.
TENEMENT, 3 ANN STREET: ground floor margined door with
vermiculated keystone blocks. Basement single and triple
lights, stepped margined round-headed windows with
grotesque and human mask keystones and label stops.
Gabletted window at left breaks saves.
Slate roof. Windows sash and case, 4-pane glazing pattern.
INTERIOR: altered but retains large undecorated mirrors
and brewing cellar.
Statement of Special Interest
NMRS and 679. A rare urban example of a Georgian,
pre-licensing Act, pub which brewed its own ale in the
cellar. An isolated survival from the old Hilltown or
Rotten Row. Compare 11-13 North Ellen Street. An
adjoining tenement of 1871 part of an incomplete scheme,
was demolished after a fire in 1988.