Survey Data
Reg No
40310006
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
278572, 295805
Date Recorded
16/07/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of terraced four-bay three-storey houses, built c.1800, ground floor now in use as a single shop. Attached bay with integral carriage arch added c.1950 to north. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack to north gable and rendered chimneystack to centre, cast-iron rainwater goods and timber soffit. Roof to north single-bay addition concealed behind castellated parapet. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls with channelled stucco piers to sides. Block-and-start render surrounds to windows with stone sills. Two-over-two timber sliding sash windows to first and second floor, taller windows to first floor. Recent shopfront spanning two buildings. uPVC oriel window to first floor and wrought-iron gate to square-headed carriageway, to northern exension.
Appraisal
This pair of early nineteenth century townhouses was combined as one in the twentieth century. It retains much of its original roof and upper façade. The diminishing floor height from first to second floors is expressed strongly, with the surrounds of the upper windows sitting on the lower ones belows. The render detailing and substantial chimneystacks give the building a strong identity and it adds to the architectural variety of the streetscape.