Survey Data
Reg No
20853037
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
176943, 66233
Date Recorded
16/04/2009
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace double-pile five-bay three-storey house, built c.1840, with gabled breakfront end bay to front (south-east). Two-storey pitched roof block and main entrance to rear (north-west). Pitched slate roofs with overhanging timber clad eaves on timber and render corbels, rendered chimneystack, cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Timber bargeboard to gabled end bay. Timber bargeboard and finial to west elevation of rear block. Rendered walls with roughcast rendered walls to rear. Rendered platbands to rear block. Moulded medallion to front gable. Square-headed window openings with stone sills to ground floor of front elevation with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed window openings with stone sills and rendered hood mouldings on corbels to first floor of front elevation, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Camber-headed window openings with stone sills to second floor of front elevation, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and rendered reveals to first floor of rear elevation, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Camber-headed window openings with stone sills and rendered reveals to ground floor of rear elevation, having four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and rendered surrounds to rear addition, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to front elevation having double-leaf glazed timber doors. Square-headed door opening to rear elevation, having raised rendered surround surmounted by cornice on consoles, having timber panelled door. Rendered enclosing wall to side (north) with square-headed door opening having timber battened door. Rendered boundary wall to rear with square-profile gate piers and wrought-iron gate.
Appraisal
An imposing terrace of six houses, which makes an eye-catching landmark in the surrounding area. Set on an elevated site overlooking the harbour, these were built as high status homes in the most fashionable architectural style of the day. They are unusually large scale for terraced dwellings, as buildings of this size would more usually be detached or at least semi-detached. The gabled breakfront, variety of window openings and render detail create a lively facade, which thankfully retains much of its historic fabric intact.