Survey Data

Reg No

50930222


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Artistic


Original Use

House


In Use As

Office


Date

1820 - 1830


Coordinates

316445, 233029


Date Recorded

15/09/2015


Date Updated

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Description

Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1825, with three-stage return to rear (south). Now in use as offices. M-profiled roof, hipped to east of rear span, concealed by ashlar granite parapet with moulded cornice and coping, rendered chimneystacks to west party wall with red clay pots, parapet gutters with cast-iron downpipe and hopper to east of principal elevation (north). Red brick walling in Flemish bond over rusticated granite walling to ground floor level, smooth rendered walling to basement beneath moulded granite stringcourse to lintel level. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, patent reveals and masonry sills; surround to basement, moulded sill course to first floor windows with concrete sills inserted. Cast-iron guard rails to first floor. Multi-paned sliding timber sash windows six-over-six to second floor and basement, one-over-one with ogee horns to ground floor, nine-over-nine to first floor and three-over-three to third floor. Elliptical-headed door opening to principal elevation (north) with moulded reveals and Ionic columns supporting decorative frieze and dentilled cornice, flanked by plain glass sidelights and recumbent pilasters, surmounted by decorative fanlight over twelve-panelled timber door with brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scraper, approached by five bull-nosed granite steps, flanked by cast-iron railings topped with arrow-headed finials over granite plinth, enclosing basement area. Coal-hole cover to pavement. Metal steps to basement level. Rebuilt mews building to rear on Kingram Place.

Appraisal

Nos. 24-9 were built as a unified group by Clement Codd. Characterised by restrained detailing, vertical massing and well-balanced proportions, the principal elevation is enlivened by the ornamental Ionic doorcase, a common feature of the group, which is complemented by a variety of classically-styled doorcases across the remainder of the terrace. Retaining its original aspect to Fitzwilliam Square, the granite steps and decorative cast-iron railings serve to enhance the overall street setting. Forming part of a largely cohesive terrace, the rusticated stonework across the ground floor of Codd’s terrace, and that to the west by John Vance, suggests a degree of collaboration during the design or construction, however the subtle variations across the wider streetscape is indicative of the speculative nature of the square’s development. The south side constituted the final phase of construction, built between c. 1823-8 by three different contractors. Laid out in 1791 by the surveyors J & P Roe, Fitzwilliam Square was the last of the city’s Georgian squares to be completed. Development was staggered and progressed slowly until after the Napoleonic Wars .