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Group of shops with living accommodation above, now primarily all in commercial and non-retail use. Mid/late 19th century, altered mid and late 20th century. Orange brickwork in Flemish bond with rendered stone dressings and terracotta detail; plain tiled roofs and massive chimney stacks with ornate brick detail. Large L-plan block of buildings on corner site of roughly 10 and 4 bays in length on main facades, divided into 2-bay units by tall brick pilasters which extend beyond eaves level and terminate in bell-shaped finials. 3 storeys with hipped dormers; also some large gables at attic level. Moulded sill string at second-floor sill level and coved plaster eaves cornice. Modern shop fronts at ground-floor level. Irregular fenestration. Nos. 2-6 have canted oriel windows with hipped roofs on first floor interspersed with some single-light sash windows. On second floor are mainly 4-pane sashes with rendered lintels. No.2 Church Green West has two pairs of sash windows on both floors with segmental-arched heads, the first-floor windows having moulded rendered cornices. Attic storey has hipped dormers with casement windows, with the exception of the two large gables which interrupt the eaves cornice on the Unicorn Hill elevation. One gable is shaped and the other triangular, and both gables contain a pair of sash windows, and the second gable also has a string course at eaves level and sill level. At the corner projects an octagonal turret which above eaves level is covered with fish-scale tiles. The turret has a coved plaster eaves cornice, and short spire with a small domed lantern.
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Although this group of buildings is marred by its modern shop fronts, it is still of some architectural quality in terms of its variety of detail and lively roofline. However it is included principally for its townscape value, as its corner turret makes a bold statement on this prominent corner site that imparts a sense of place to the upper end of Unicorn Hill.
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