Survey Data
Reg No
50110246
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
315378, 232882
Date Recorded
30/04/2017
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay single-storey house over basement, built c. 1850. M-profile pitched slate roof having clay ridge tiles, partly hidden behind brown brick parapet with granite coping. Brown brick chimneystacks having clay pots. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Brown brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls, with cut granite plinth course over smooth rendered wall to basement. Square-headed window openings having rendered reveals, granite sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Elliptical-headed door opening with moulded render surround. Doorcase comprising panelled pilasters, fluted console brackets having acanthus leaf detail, and stepped cornice. Marigold fanlight and replacement door. Square-headed door opening to basement. Granite steps, with cast-iron coal-hole cover and bootscrape to platform. Cast-iron railings having loop detail and alternating fleur-de-lis and honeysuckle finials, those to front set on carved granite plinth wall.
Appraisal
This house is enhanced by the retention of historic features such as the classically influenced doorcase, well-maintained windows and petal fanlight. The cast-ironwork adds technical interest and attests to the skill and artisanship in mass-production of iron in the mid-nineteenth century. Heytesbury Street, named after Baron Heytesbury, Viceroy 1844-6, was first laid out in 1846 and was nearing completion by 1861. The streetscape maintains a strong sense of its original character, with well-preserved classically-influenced brick houses, many with Greek revival details, creating a strong sense of rhythm and order.