Survey Data
Reg No
50110457
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Apartment/flat (converted)
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
316000, 232757
Date Recorded
09/06/2017
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey former house over basement, built c. 1830, as one of terrace of five. Now in use as apartments with crèche to basement. M-profile pitched roof, shared brick chimneystack, parapet having carved granite cornice. Brown brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls, having cut granite plinth course over rendered wall to basement. Square-headed window openings with granite sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Cast-iron balconettes to first-floor windows. Segmental-headed door opening having moulded render surround, masonry doorcase comprising Doric columns supporting stepped cornice. Timber panelled door and cobweb fanlight. Nosed granite steps flanked by wrought-iron handrails and approached by granite paving slabs with replacement coal-hole cover at base of steps. Square-headed door opening beneath steps. Yard to front (north) elevation partly enclosed by cut granite plinth wall surmounted by wrought-iron railings having decorative cast-iron spear-headed finials and claw feet. Matching gate with round-headed side panels with anthemion motif. Set back from street.
Appraisal
This late Georgian townhouse retains its historic aspect, with ornamentation limited to its fine Greek revival doorcase. Its classically restrained façade and good proportions accentuate its subtle grandeur. The retention of salient features such as the windows with historic glass, door and ironwork along with the lime pointing of the brickwork, further contributes to the historic appearance of the building. The shared parapet height and fenestration arrangement of the terrace creates a strong sense of continuity to the streetscape. Adelaide Road was renamed in honour of Queen Adelaide in 1833 and the south side of the road was largely developed at this time by the Synge family, heirs to the Hatch estate.