Survey Data
Reg No
50080125
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1850 - 1880
Coordinates
312815, 233414
Date Recorded
01/05/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Terrace of nine two-bay two-storey houses, built c.1865, having returns to rear (south) elevation. M-profile pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered and red brick chimneystacks having clay chimney pots, hidden behind raised red brick parapet with granite coping. Red brick walls, laid in Flemish bond to front, inscribed limestone name plaque to west end of façade, roughcast render to No.599, red brick block-and-start quoins to No.595. Rendered walls to east and west elevations. Square-headed window openings, red brick voussoirs, granite sills and timber sash windows, one-over-one and two-over-two panes, some replacement uPVC windows. Round-headed door openings with painted masonry doorcases having scrolled consoles supporting cornices, forming base for plain fanlights, timber panelled doors opening onto granite steps, some having cast-iron bootscrapes. Cast-iron railings to garden boundary, set in red brick plinth wall with masonry coping, matching square-profile piers flanking cast-iron pedestrian gates to entrances.
Appraisal
The form and scale of this elegant and well-composed terrace are characteristic of middle-class residential suburban design at the time, with salient features such as timber sash windows adding a patina of age, and a shared fenestration alignment and parapet height providing a pleasing sense of continuity. Several well-executed and maintained doorcases provide aesthetic interest, enlivening the façade.