Survey Data
Reg No
50080848
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
314797, 232790
Date Recorded
09/12/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced pair of two-bay single-storey houses, built c.1880, each having canted bay window to front (west) elevations and single-storey returns to rear elevations. M-profile pitched slate and artificial slate roofs having dentillated red brick eaves course, and red brick chimneystacks having sawtooth red brick cornices and clay chimney pots. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond to front elevation having red plinth course. Square-headed window openings having cut granite sills, one-over-one timber sash windows and replacement uPVC windows. Round-headed door openings having chamfered reveals, recessed red brick door surrounds, red brick hood mouldings, plain fanlights and timber panelled doors, approached by nosed cut granite steps. Front gardens enclosed by cast-iron railings on cut granite plinths.
Appraisal
This matching pair retains much of its Victorian form and character, and fabric including timber sash windows, timber doorcase and cast-iron railings. The front elevations take advantage of the precision offered by machine-made bricks that became available in the later half of the nineteenth century. Front garden boundaries remain intact, maintaining the early suburban character of the streetscape. Saint Alban's Road was built by T.J. Duff in the late nineteenth century. The new residential streets in this area provided housing for tradespeople and skilled workers of the city.