Survey Data
Reg No
22821009
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
RIC barracks
In Use As
House
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
226505, 93208
Date Recorded
20/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1840, originally part of larger detached six-bay two-storey police station with building to south-east with two-bay two-storey lower recessed wing to north-west, and single-bay two-storey lower return to north-east. Renovated, c.1965, with single-bay single-storey projecting glazed porch added to centre. Extensively renovated, c.1990. Hipped (shared) roof (pitched to wing and to return) with replacement artificial slate, c.1990, clay ridge tiles, cut-stone chimney stack on axis with ridge, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990, on overhanging eaves having consoles. Hipped artificial slate roof to porch with clay ridge tiles, and plastic rainwater goods on timber eaves. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered quoined piers to ends. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills, moulded rendered surrounds, and replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Square-headed openings to porch with concrete sill, aluminium casement windows, and glazed aluminium door having overlight. Round-headed door opening to house with moulded rendered surround, timber panelled door, and spoked fanlight. Set back from line of road with sections of cast-iron railings to forecourt on random rubble stone plinth having finials, and cast-iron gate. (ii) Detached three-bay single-storey rubble stone coach house with half-attic, c.1840, to north with segmental-headed carriageway to right ground floor, and single-bay single-storey linking bay to south. Extensively renovated, c.1965, with attic remodelled to accommodate residential use. Part refenestrated, c.1990. Hipped slate roof with red clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted rendered walls with rendered coping to parapet to linking bay. Square-headed window openings (probably remodelled, c.1965) with replacement concrete sills, c.1965, replacement timber casement windows, c.1965, and some replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Segmental-headed carriageway remodelled, c.1965, to accommodate square-headed window opening with concrete sill, timber casement window, and painted tooled cut-stone surround to carriageway. Square-headed door opening to linking bay with cut-granite block-and-start surround. Now blocked-up with painted cement render over.
Appraisal
A well-proportioned house, originally built as part of a larger composition (with 22821008/WD-31-21-08), which is of particular significance for its original intended use as a police station. Although much of the original fabric has been replaced, leading to the loss of some of the historic patina, the house retains most of its original form and massing. The survival of the original coach house, although altered, enhances the visual appeal of the site, while the survival of the original cast-iron railings to the forecourt augments the visual appeal of the street scene.