Survey Data
Reg No
50080904
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1875 - 1885
Coordinates
315010, 232881
Date Recorded
04/11/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Terrace of four two-bay single-storey houses, built c.1880. Pitched artificial slate roofs, with red brick chimneystacks having cornices, and corbelled yellow brick eaves course. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond to front (north) elevation, having cut granite plinth course. Rendered walls to west gable. Segmental-headed window openings having red and black voussoirs, cut granite sills, two-over-two timber sash windows, and replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-headed door openings having red and black brick voussoirs, plain overlights, timber panelled doors and cut granite entrance steps.
Appraisal
This terrace retains its early form and character, and fabric including timber doorcases and timber sash windows. The decorative brickwork adds interest to the streetscape and is typical of the late nineteenth century. The construction of new residential streets in this area coincided with the immigration of Jewish communities fleeing pogroms in Europe in the late nineteenth century, and the area became known as Little Jerusalem. The 1901 census indicates numerous Jewish families of Russian origin living on Lombard Street West, and the Jewish Encyclopedia of 1906 notes a 'hebrah' or minor synagogue on the street. This is one of many streets in the area referred to in James Joyce's Ulysses, as a former home of Leopold and Molly Bloom.