Survey Data
Reg No
50010782
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Apartment/flat (converted)
Date
1805 - 1810
Coordinates
316042, 235652
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 three-storey rear extension. Now in multiple occupancy. M-profile slate roof, hipped to south of front pitch and set behind rebuilt parapet wall with granite coping and replacement rainwater goods breaking through to north end. Stepped rendered chimneystacks to both party walls with clay pots. Yellow brick walls laid in Flemish bond with original lime pointing, rebuilt to top floor with modern grey brick laid in stretcher bond. 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 painted reveals, painted granite sills and replacement timber sliding sash windows. Cast-iron balconettes to first floor windows. Gauged brick three-centred arched door opening with moulded masonry surround and painted masonry Ionic doorcase, having original timber door with four pointed panels and brass furniture flanked by engaged Ionic columns on plinth bases supporting panelled lintel cornice with wreath motifs and plain fanlight. Door opens onto granite platform with cast-iron bootscraper and three granite steps bridging basement area. Platform and basement area enclosed by original wrought-iron railings on moulded granite plinth wall. Yellow brick three-storey structure to rear with barrel-vaulted copper roof, built c.2000. Rubble stone wall encloses rear site to adjoining properties with tall rendered wall and steel gate to Fitzgibbon Lane.
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 while the timber sash windows contribute significantly to its character.