Survey Data

Reg No

50110207


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Artistic


Original Use

House


In Use As

Apartment/flat (converted)


Date

1820 - 1840


Coordinates

315601, 232725


Date Recorded

21/05/2017


Date Updated

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Description

Terraced four-bay three-storey over basement former house, built c. 1830, as one of terrace of four. Now in use as apartments. Pitched roof having parapet with cut granite coping to front (north) elevation, and brown brick chimneystacks. Brown brick walls, laid in Flemish bond. Cut granite plinth course over lined-and-ruled rendered wall to basement. Square-headed window openings with granite sills, rendered reveals and replacement timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door opening having moulded render surround and Ionic doorcase with entablature, early fanlight, timber panelled door. Paved granite platform having granite steps flanked by recent railings. Front garden enclosed by cast-iron railings on cut granite plinth, cast-iron railings and gate having wrought-iron arch.

Appraisal

This house retains much of its early form. Well-proportioned openings and cut granite detailing enhance and articulate the façade. The wrought-iron arch and Ionic doorcase including an early fanlight, display skilled craftsmanship and add visual interest to the composition. The site boundaries remain intact, maintaining the early suburban character of the streetscape. The building shares characteristics with the adjoining houses resulting in a coherent streetscape. This terrace of four houses is one of the earliest on Harrington Street where residential development did not start in earnest until the mid-nineteenth century.