Survey Data
Reg No
50080824
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1885 - 1895
Coordinates
314674, 232639
Date Recorded
02/12/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of two-bay two-storey houses, built c.1890, having recent bay windows to front (west) elevation. Pitched artificial slate roof having moulded red brick corbels to eaves course, and rendered chimneystacks having cornices and clay chimney pots. Hipped artificial slate roofs to bay windows. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond having black brick courses. Segmental-headed window openings to first floor level having some black brick voussoirs and cut granite sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door openings having bull-nosed brick reveals, plain overlights and replacement timber panelled doors. Front garden of number 18 enclosed by cast-iron railings on cut granite plinths, with matching pedestrian gates. Recent painted metal railings to number 17. Tiled garden paths.
Appraisal
This pair retains some of its historic form and fabric and brick detailing adds interest to the front elevation. The streets in this area were built by private developers in groups of as few as two or three, leading to a lively and attractive variation in decorative finishes, in houses which were constructed in similar materials. The front garden boundaries remain largely intact, maintaining the early suburban character of the street. Housing in Washington Street was developed in the late nineteenth century at the edge of the city in an area that had been largely devoted to manufacturing. The new residential streets provided housing for tradespeople and skilled workers of the city.