Survey Data
Reg No
50110334
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Crèche/pre-school
Date
1845 - 1865
Coordinates
315464, 232926
Date Recorded
11/05/2017
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c. 1855, as one of terrace of eleven. Return to rear. Now in use as crèche. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks, having terracotta pots, behind parapet with cut granite coping. Brown brick, laid in Flemish bond, to front (south) elevation, having granite plinth course over lined-and-ruled rendered basement wall. Square-headed window openings with granite sills, rendered reveals and six-over-six pane and eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber panelled shutters visible to interior. Elliptical-headed doorway to front having moulded render surround. Timber and stucco doorcase comprising panelled pilasters, scrolled consoles supporting stepped cornice. Leaded teardrop fanlight. Timber panelled door with brass fittings. Shared granite steps having cast-iron bootscrape to platform, and wrought-iron railings. Wrought-iron gate and matching railings on rendered plinth course with cut granite capping enclosing basement area.
Appraisal
A well-proportioned house retaining historic features, including a well-executed doorcase and timber sliding sash windows. Its fine railings are testament to the quality of Victorian mass-produced ironwork and add to both the setting of the house and the character to the streetscape. Built for the growing middle class, the classically influenced style of the house denoted respectability. Up to the early 1840s, the area that now comprises Grantham Street was still largely greenfield. However, suburb development soon followed, and P. Monks was building on the street in the late 1850s. In 1862, Thom's Almanac noted that a number of houses were still being built on the street at the time. It also listed a broad range of residents including a professor of music, secretary of Army Medical Board, toothbrush maker, manufacturer, and curate.