1-3 Commercial Road, The Tunnel Tavern

House, now public house. Late C18/early C19. Coursed squared sandstone, ashlar
plinth and quoins; roof of Welsh slate. 2 storeys, 4 bays. West elevation:
ground floor has mid-C19 double shop front with central door in 3 bays, having
glazing bars, ornate brackets to plain fascia under cornice, 4-panelled door
recessed in panelled reveals; then house door under oblong fanlight, and window
with original external shutters, upper sash having lost glazing bars; 4 windows
at first floor. All windows sashes with glazing bars, having projecting cills,
alternating block jambs and painted lintels. Left return : 2 late C19 shop
fronts, partly blocked in between 6 flat Tuscan pilasters of wood, having plain
fascia; one window at first floor left. Roof, half-hipped, has square brick
chimney stack with ashlar plinth in centre of hip at left, one end chimney of
stone and brick at right, one rear stack of brick. C19 street name on west
elevation. LISTED GRADE 2