Survey Data
Reg No
20853040
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
176961, 66261
Date Recorded
16/04/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced 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 overhanging eaves on timber corbels, having rendered chimneystack, uPVC and cast-iron rainwater goods. Timber bargeboards to gabled end bay. Ornate timber bargeboards and terracotta finials and ridge cresting to rear block. Rendered walls with moulded render medallion to gabled end bay and rendered sill band to rear block. Roughcast rendered wall to rear elevation. Square-headed window openings with stone sills to ground floor of front elevation, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed window openings with 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 first floor of front elevation, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to first floor of rear elevation, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Camber-headed window opening with stone sill 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 block, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to front elevation having glazed timber door. Square-headed door opening to rear elevation, having render surround surmounted by moulded cornice on corbels, having timber panelled 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.