Tall, two-storey, six-bay, dichromatic brick and stone/cast-stone, of Italianate inspiration (1884), meticulously restored by the present owner – see also Designation description.

Ground Floor – Ground floor comprises two shop-fronts, each with central, recessed entry, set between red-brick pilasters, and with single, iron post at south corner. Additional iron posts flank recessed entries. Shop fronts have low stall risers below large, plate-glass windows, which rise to deeply profiled, wooden transoms with two smaller panes above. Striped, awning-type canopies roll up into space below narrow wooden fascia with small, lower moulding and modest period-type cornice above flashed with sheet-metal painted to match woodwork. Shop-front entablature is interrupted at pilasters by modest, wooden pediments with decorative discs in frieze and serrated lower edge. Signage of gold lettering is set tastefully within fascia (“Christie’s est. 1976”). Façade also extends into lane, ultimately becoming an intriguing (blocked-up) arcade of elliptical arches built off cast-stone piers.

Second Floor – Masonry is of (cleaned) light-red brick, with continuous stone sills and cast-stone lintels, save where pilasters rise through this level. All bays have shell-inspired, cast-stone tympana within dichromatic, brick arches and with cast-stone hood-mouldings springing from small brackets built into lintels. 2/2 wood windows are replacement units throughout.

Cornice and Parapet – Second floor is crowned by polychrome, machicolated, segmental-arch brick cornice with continuous, dentil-like corbelling below. Small decorated buff-and-black brick occuli are set within wider machicolations centred below three, small, brick gables. Continuous band of black stretchers above machicolees rises at pilasters to follow line of gables above. Parapet is capped with deep, wooden cornice with modest flashing above. A metal picket-railing stretches between pairs of large painted finials (reinstated after this picture) set behind parapets at party wall locations.