Survey Data
Reg No
50110371
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1845 - 1865
Coordinates
315473, 232890
Date Recorded
19/05/2017
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey former house over raised basement, built c. 1855 as one of terrace of four. Now in use as offices. M-profile pitched slate roof, partly concealed behind parapet with cut granite coping. Brick chimneystacks having clay pots. Brown brick, laid in Flemish bond, to wall to front (north) elevation, cut granite plinth course over smooth rendered basement wall. Square-headed window openings with granite sills, raised render reveals, and having six-over-six pane and eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows. Cast-iron grille to basement window. Round-headed door opening to front, with moulded render surround. Stucco doorcase comprising panelled pilasters supporting cornice, leaded petal fanlight. Timber panelled door. Granite steps, having stub of cast-iron boot-scrape to platform, flanked by wrought-iron railings with cast-iron collars. Square-headed door opening to basement, recent door. Wrought-iron gate having cast-iron collars and matching railings on granite plinth wall fronting house.
Appraisal
A well proportioned house retaining historic features, including doorcase and timber sliding sash windows. The raised basement and wide steps leading to the front door add grandeur to the building and to the streetscape. The decorative cast-iron railings are of artistic as well as technical interest. As the street developed, this house became part of a terrace of similarly scaled and detailed houses. With the expansion of the city, the development of suburban residential areas such as Grantham Street provided housing for the growing middle class.