History

Built ca 1870 by the local builder William Jerman, as his own house; he died here in 1880. Later it became the local Employment Exchange.

Exterior

2-storey, 3-window symmetrical and lightly polychromatic brick front. Stock brick with dark brown brick quoins, red brick cornice and blue brick banding and plinth; dark brick chimney stacks, hiped slate roof and wide bracket eaves.
12-pane sash windows with segmental arched banded voussoirs and dropped keystones; deep impost band to ground floor. Tall doorcase with bracket cornice, panelled reveals and 6-panel door. The side elevation to Smithfield Street has 4-pane sashes and tripartite windows to right including a ground floor bay. Red brick rear.

Low forecourt walls to both sides with finialled railings; the formerly gated opening on the Smithfield Street front has gate piers and steps leading up to back - inserted when used as the Employment Exchange. Higher Forecourt wall at right of main front.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its unspoilt appearance and for group value with Nos 5 to 7 and Smithfield House.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29487224

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings