Survey Data
Reg No
31804006
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1830 - 1860
Coordinates
180198, 302658
Date Recorded
22/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of terraced three-bay three-storey houses, built c.1845, both now in commercial use. Return and extensions to rear. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Ruled-and-lined render to walls with stucco quoins. Western house has pedimented architraves with engaged fluted columns to first floor windows with continuous sill course and second floor windows have simple stucco architraves, stone sills and replacement windows. Shopfront to ground floor with recessed door flanked by modern windows. Entrance to upper storeys has been incorporated into shop but spoked fanlight remains in square head. Vacant house to east has timber sash windows. Recessed entrance with replacement glazed double doors with steps set in mosaic surround. Integral segmental carriage-arch shared between houses with timber battened doors. Buildings front onto street.
Appraisal
These structures stand together as a pair. They share the integral carriage arch and their form and proportion mirrors each other. They are simple in design yet show attention to detail as seen in their decorative stuccowork and classical form.