Survey Data
Reg No
21517100
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Unknown
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
157237, 156648
Date Recorded
27/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced single-bay four-storey over basement red brick townhouse, built c. 1840, distinguished by a camber-arched Wyatt window opening on each level, with a front railed basement area. Pitched roof (currently being re-covered, with a dormer inserted to rear) with a brick chimneystack with clay pots to east party wall. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with cement pointing terminating in a rebuilt parapet wall with limestone coping and lead flashing. Limestone plinth course at ground floor level over rubble stone walls to basement. Rendered to rear. Gauged brick camber-headed window openings to upper floors with patent reveals, limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Flat-arched window opening to ground floor with similar details. Brick surround to basement window opening with timber casement window. Camber-arched openings to rear with square-headed aluminium windows. Gauged brick round-arched door opening emphasised by patent rendered reveals which splay with a concave profile, and inset timber doorcase comprising: timber pilasters with Greek key motif, supporting a simple stepped cornice and webbed fanlight with lead enrichments above; original flat-panelled timber door leaf, with central fillet moulding. Door opening onto limestone platform and three steps bridging the basement area, flanked by original wrought-iron railings and cast-iron rail posts with pineapple finials on a limestone plinth wall, returning to enclose the basement area. Entrance hall viewed with original joinery detailing including original winding staircase and early embossed paper to dado level of entrance hall which also retains a running mould cornice.
Appraisal
A slender terraced house of pronounced vertical massing. Wyatt windows to the single bay have been inappropriately replaced with uPVC windows, but an intact doorcase, railing, and interior make this an important part of this intact streetscape.