Survey Data
Reg No
21517280
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1890 - 1900
Coordinates
157479, 156554
Date Recorded
15/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey over basement red brick house, built c. 1895, with an oriel window and a front railed basement area. Pitched artificial slate roof with black ridge tiles, and a shared red brick chimneystack to both party walls with clay pots. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walls to front, laid in English garden wall bond. Gauged brick camber-arched window openings with limestone sills and two-over-two timber sash windows, and iron bars to basement, all having cylinder glass. Three-sided canted timber oriel window to ground floor with a hipped zinc roof and one-over-one windows, continuous lead covered sill and moulded corbelled out base. Gauged brick camber-arched door opening with a label moulding and stone stops. Replacement timber-panelled door with rectangular overlight. Door opens onto concrete platform with cast-iron bootscraper and five concrete steps. Steps flanked by simple wrought-iron railings on painted plinth course enclosing basement area. Iron gate and steel steps gives access to basement level.
Appraisal
This house is significant as it retains most of its external features. The original aspect has been maintained and forms an integral component of the terrace facing The People's Park and The Carnegie Gallery.