Listed ceiling in plaster “cherub’s ceiling”. Circular staircase. Old oak doorway and window frames. Probable old chimney and fireplace. Gas was being installed in 1984.
The oak spiral staircase is built out from the north-east corner of the room and projects into the neighbouring house, no.40. In the first floor room, stretching from front to rear of the house is a plaster ceiling, divided into panels with 44 cherubs’ heads, the whole bordered with a running pattern of single roses, thistles and pineapples.
For this property (39A), see also no. 39 Cross Street which was the Cardiff Arms from 1898 – 1907 and, before that, Parrot Inn from 1864 -1898. The Cardiff Arms went bankrupt in 1907 and the whole property was bought by Thomas Smith Foster.
1974 : ad shows now known as Yeoman, Miller & Co.