72 Dovecote Street

This is a former public house, currently undergoing conversion into flats, constructed of rendered brick. The roof is a ridge covered with slate. There is a rendered brick stack shared with no 68i, with four pots each, and one rendered stack at the end with four pots. There is one single entrance and a second possible entrance which has been infilled, possibly with as window, to the East. On the ground floor there is one large window, etched with ‘lounge’, with four upper panes. There are two two-pane windows, and probably a third, obscured by a shutter.

All the ground floor windows have shutters. On the first floor there are three three-pane casement windows, which are surrounded by a rendered moulding, which is probably a brick feature similar to 68. The upper windows have stone cills and lintels. There is rendered moulding the roof level, which was probably similar to the brickwork on 66 and 68.The corbels are also present, as in the other buildings. There is a large kneeler at the West end of the wall. There is also at present a large pub sign to the left-hand side. On the West side, the main stack is visible, and there is a single stack to a rear extension. There is a kneeler at roof level at the North end of this wall. Although it looks as if the building has been extended, map evidence suggests that it was part of the original build.

On the ground floor there is one single entrance, and one garage door. There are three large three-pane windows, and two very narrow two-pane windows. On the first floor there are four large three-pane windows, and one small two-pane window. All windows have stone cills. There is a large sign high on the wall. On the North side is a modern brick-faced wall, which probably covers the site of asn end wall from demolished houses. The North wall of the main building has a lean to with a door and a sloping slate roof. There is a sash window in this wall with six panes. This window and the previous door mentioned leads on to small balcony, with a staircase into the yard. The East wall of the extension show evidence of modern brickwork almost to roof level incorporating a new chimney stack. Adjacent to this is an old chimney stack with four pots. This is constructed of brick with stone or rendered moulding at the top.