Survey Data

Reg No

50010833


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Artistic


Original Use

House


In Use As

Apartment/flat (converted)


Date

1860 - 1880


Coordinates

315873, 235553


Date Recorded

13/09/2011


Date Updated

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Description

Terraced two-bay three-storey house over raised basement, built c.1870, having later two-storey return to rear. M-profile pitched slate roof with dentillated eaves course, cast-iron ogee gutters and downpipe. Red brick chimneystack with polychrome courses, decorative tile to front face, copper flashing and ceramic octagonal chimney pots. Red brick walls with polychrome courses to eaves, stone platband to first floor sill level and yellow brick band to second floor sill level. Diminishing square-headed window openings with gauged polychrome brick voussoirs, chamfered reveals, granite sills and replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, and segmental-arched window opening to basement level having gauged polychrome brick voussoirs, granite sill and six-over-three pane timber sliding sash window. Round-headed door opening within recessed red and polychrome brick surround, having chamfered recessed reveals. Timber panelled door with plain fanlight and dentillated frieze. Door opening onto rendered platform, with cast-iron boot scrape, spanning basement area, with stepped approach flanked by cast-iron hand rails. Set back from Gardiner Street front with enclosed garden having decorative wrought-iron railings on stone plinths. Single-leaf cast-iron gate springing from square-plan red brick gate piers with masonry capping.

Appraisal

Dating from the late nineteenth century, this house is an integral component of a short but pleasant terrace of houses, all of which enjoy elegant gardens addressing Gardiner Street. The elegant brick façade is greatly enlivened through the use of decorative polychrome detailing to highlight key features such as window and door openings while an elegantly executed eaves course further enhances the buildings aesthetic appeal. Such features are also present in the neighbouring houses and thus contribute to the integrity of the terrace as a whole.