Survey Data
Reg No
11805021
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
297334, 233052
Date Recorded
14/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey house, c.1850, retaining early fenestration with elliptical-headed integral carriageway to right ground floor. Renovated, c.1990, with timber pubfront inserted to left ground floor. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Rendered coping to gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Painted. Square-headed window openings to upper floors. Stone sills. Early 1/1 timber sash windows. Elliptical-headed integral carriageway to right ground floor. Timber boarded double doors. Timber pubfront, c.1990, to left ground floor with panelled pilasters having moulded fluted consoles, fixed-pane (tripartite) timber display window and timber panelled doors having overlights and timber fascia over with glazed name plate, consoles and moulded cornice. Road fronted. Concrete flagged footpath to front.
Appraisal
This house is a fine and well-maintained substantial house that retains most of its original character to the upper floors. The house is of social interest as one of the earliest houses on the south-western end of Main Street, and its scale suggests that it was originally built by a local patron of considerable wealth and status. Originally built on an almost symmetrical plan of Classical proportions (off-set by the integral carriageway to right ground floor), the remodelling of openings to the left ground floor to accommodate a pubfront has detracted somewhat from the original harmony of the design – the pubfront also incorporates bold features, such as heavy consoles, which are not in keeping with the refined, reserved detailing of the original building. The house retains many important early or original features and materials, including timber sash fenestration, timber door furniture to the integral carriageway, and a slate roof, while the retention of an early external aspect to the upper floors suggests that the interior may also retain early or original features of note. Set fronting directly on to the road, the house has a prominent impact on Main Street, contributing to the varied roofline of the street.