Survey Data
Reg No
50080857
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
314775, 232756
Date Recorded
09/12/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Terrace of five two-bay two-storey houses, built c.1880, having two-storey returns to rear (west). M-profile pitched slate and artificial slate roofs, hipped to ends, with yellow brick corbels to eaves course, and red brick chimneystacks having red brick cornices. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond having yellow brick sawtooth course at first floor sill level, and yellow brick plinth course. Rendered walls to north and south elevations. Square-headed window openings having polychrome brick voussoirs, cut granite sills, one-over-one pane timber sash windows, and replacement uPVC windows. Round-headed porch openings having chamfered brick reveals and polychrome brick voussoirs and keystones. Recessed square-headed door openings having plain overlights, sidelights, and timber panelled doors, with some recent timber and uPVC doors to front of porches. Front gardens enclosed by cast-iron railings on cut granite plinths. Tiled paths having cut granite threshold steps to pavement.
Appraisal
This terrace retains much of its Victorian form and character, and fabric including timber sash windows, timber doorcases 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, and the polychrome bricks adds decorative interest. Front garden boundaries remain intact, maintaining the early suburban character of the streetscape. Saint Alban's Road is attributed by Christine Casey to T.J. Duff. The new residential streets in this area provided housing for tradespeople and skilled workers of the city.