Survey Data
Reg No
20514312
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
Library/archive
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
167719, 71729
Date Recorded
25/04/1997
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay four-storey late-Georgian house, c. 1800; one of a pair; ground floor remodelled and incorporated into city library, c. 1900. Double pitched roof having parapet wall to façade, painted rendered finish and render architraves, retaining timber sliding sash windows and doorway to ground floor, c. 1900 with fluted Doric pilasters and entablature surmounted by niches containing owl figures, now a display window; street frontage.
Appraisal
Incorporated into the adjoining building on the South Mall (20514266), this late-Georgian building retains much original external fabric, including timber sliding sash windows and distinctive door opening with entablature having niches containing owls. Owls were the sacred bird to Minerva, the Goddess of learning, therefore adding to the building's significance as a library.