Survey Data
Reg No
21517235
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1810 - 1830
Coordinates
157434, 156747
Date Recorded
14/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement brick former townhouse, built c. 1820, with a front railed basement area. M-profile roof hidden behind parapet wall with limestone coping and lead flashing to courses below. A shared chimneystack to each party wall and uPVC rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with cement pointing to front and rear. Squared and coursed limestone walls to basement elevation with plinth course above. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings with patent rendered reveals, painted limestone sills uPVC windows throughout. Segmental-headed brick arched door opening with patent rendered reveal and original raised and fielded timber-panelled door with brass furniture. Door flanked by pair of engaged timber Ionic columns, original painted sidelights and quarter Ionic piers supporting a stepped entablature and painted webbed fanlight above. Door opens onto limestone step and platform area with wrought-iron bootscraper, four limestone steps flanked by replacement steel railings on limestone plinth enclosing basement area. Square coal hole cover set in limestone to front pavement.
Appraisal
The insertion of uPVC windows and modern steel railings compromises the integrity and appearance of this former house and detracts from what is otherwise a relatively intact structure. It retains, however, a very fine door and surround in addition to its façade composition which forms an integral part of the Georgian terrace on this grand streetscape.