Survey Data
Reg No
50080831
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1880 - 1890
Coordinates
314627, 232592
Date Recorded
09/12/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Terrace of nine two-bay two-storey houses, built c.1885, having recessed entrances to front (south) elevation and two-storey returns to rear. M-profile pitched slate and artificial slate roofs with red brick chimneystacks having red and black brick cornices having clay chimney pots, and moulded red brick eaves course. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond having black brick courses to front elevations, rendered walls to west gable. Square-headed window openings having polychrome brick voussoirs, cut granite sills, one-over-one timber sash windows and replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-headed porch openings having black brick keystone and voussoirs, with chamfered red brick reveals. Recessed square-headed door opening with timber panelled doors, overlights and sidelights. Front gardens enclosed by cast-iron railings on cut granite plinths, with matching cast-iron pedestrian gates. Some tiled garden paths.
Appraisal
This terrace retains much of its Victorian form and character, and fabric including timber doorcases, cast-iron railings and timber sash windows. The repetition of the same house type gives a pleasing coherence to the streetscape. Subtle brick detailing adds decorative interest to the front elevations. Front garden boundaries remain intact, maintaining the early suburban character of the streetscape. The South Circular Road was laid out in the late eighteenth century to relieve congestion in the city centre and improve access. This portion of the road was not fully developed until a century later when large tracts of land became available following the sale of the Greenville demesne in the 1870s.