Survey Data
Reg No
50110442
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
Guest house/b&b
Date
1885 - 1905
Coordinates
315995, 232798
Date Recorded
30/05/2017
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey former house over basement, built c. 1895, as one of terrace of five (further three on Earlsfort Terrace), having attic storey, shared entrance porch and two-storey canted-bay windows to front (south) elevation. Now in use as guest house. Mansard diamond-pattern slate roof having shared rendered chimneystacks. Moulded cornice, dentillated eaves course, rendered pier having finial to side (west) elevation, and square-profile cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls, channelled render to ground floor. Roughcast rendered platbands and stringcourses. Square-headed window openings with surrounds comprising pilasters and cornices, spandrel panels having diamond motif above first and second floor windows. Ornamental crest to canted-bay. Ornamental render scrolls flanking windows to attic storey. Replacement windows throughout. Shared entrance porch supported by columns and pilasters flanking doorcase, connected by rendered dwarf walls. Square-headed door opening with timber doorcase comprising pairs of panelled pilasters and stepped cornice. Timber panelled door, plain fanlight and sidelights. Geometric encaustic tiles to porch platform. Basement area enclosed by rendered balustraded dwarf wall. Cast-iron gate to basement. Square-plan rendered gate pier to vehicular access to side elevation. Set back from street.
Appraisal
This late Victorian townhouse retains its historic appearance with many distinctive features including its mansard roof, embellished panelled door and balustraded boundary wall. The facade is enlivened by a variation of render finishes, stringcourses and ornamentation. This house, along with its neighbouring terrace, makes a striking late nineteenth-century architectural statement and is a foil to the restrained Georgian terrace on the opposite side of the road.