Survey Data
Reg No
50010780
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Apartment/flat (converted)
Date
1805 - 1810
Coordinates
316035, 235663
Date Recorded
07/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey house over exposed basement, built 1807-8, with two-storey gabled return. Now in multiple occupancy. M-profile slate roof behind parapet wall with granite coping with cast-iron hopper and downpipe breaking through to north end. Stepped brick chimneystacks to both party walls with clay pots, octagonal to north. Red tinted brick walls laid in Flemish bond on painted granite plinth course above rendered basement wall. Yellow brick walls laid in English garden wall bond to rear elevation. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings with patent rendered reveals, painted granite sills and replacement uPVC windows throughout. Cast-iron balconettes to first floor windows. Gauged brick three-centred arched door opening with moulded masonry surround and painted masonry Ionic doorcase, and with replacement timber door flanked by engaged Ionic columns on plinth bases supporting panelled lintel cornice with wreath motifs and plain glazed fanlight over. Door opens onto granite platform and three granite steps bridging basement area. Platform and basement area enclosed by original wrought-iron railings on moulded granite plinth wall with matching gate and steel steps giving access to basement. Red brick flat-roofed structure to rear site fronting onto North Circular Road.
Appraisal
This townhouse is part of a terrace of six houses built by William Saunders (1759-1808) at the north end a street laid out and named after the Earl of Belvedere in 1795: the terrace was later extended to the south by six more townhouses in an identical style. The two groupings of six townhouses employ the same external details resulting in a remarkably coherent streetscape. The elegant doorcase and the ornamental balconettes provide visual interest to the townhouse although the replacement of the timber sash windows has impacted on its character.