Survey Data
Reg No
21517216
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1830 - 1845
Coordinates
157448, 156639
Date Recorded
17/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement red brick former townhouse, built c. 1840, with three-centred arch door opening. Single-bay three-storey return to rear. M-profile roof concealed behind parapet wall with chimneystack to east and west party walls. Red brick façade laid in Flemish bond, with cement re-pointing. Torch-on felt flashed coping to parapet wall. Rendered basement elevation with limestone ashlar plinth course delineating ground floor level. Rubble limestone rear elevation and red brick parapet wall and infill beneath relieving arch over upper stair hall window. Red brick return elevations. Square-headed window openings to front and rear elevation with red brick flat arches, patent rendered reveals, limestone sills, and original six-over-three, six-over-six, nine-over-six timber sash windows, with some cylinder glass surviving. Timber casements to rear elevation, c. 1980. Three-centred arch door opening, with red brick arch, patent rendered reveals, three-quarters engaged Composite columns having ribbon bows beneath capitals, supporting entablature with fluted frieze having rosette detailing, and breaking forward over columns; original flat-panelled timber door leaf with horizontal central panel; original lead detailed webbed fanlight. Flight of limestone steps to limestone flagged front door platform, with cast-iron bootscraper. Steps flanked by limestone plinth wall supporting original railings, spearhead finials, and Neo-classical cast-iron rail posts with pineapple finials, returning west to enclose front site stone flagged basement area; concrete coping added to plinth wall; integrated wrought-iron gate following railing format with sheet metal base, giving access to basement area via metal stairs, c. 1990. Original squared, snecked and coursed rubble limestone coach house survives to rear, and is now converted to residential use. It retains the red brick arch of the coach entrance which has been bricked-up to form two window openings.
Appraisal
This former townhouse retains the four storeys over basement format of the houses facing O'Connell Street, however, the width of the plot of each house on the terrace is substantially less than at O'Connell Street. The structure contributes significantly to the architectural uniformity of this north-facing terrace.