house

End-of-terrace two-bay four-storey over basement red brick former townhouse, built c. 1810, with a front railed basement area and a narrow three-storey stair return. Pitched gable-ended roof behind a parapet wall with limestone coping and lead flashing to brick course below. Large brick chimneystack rising from east gable, leaning towards the west. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with retaining original pointing. Painted stone plinth course to basement with painted rendered walls. Red brick to gable and rendered to the rear. Camber-arched brick window openings with patent rendered reveals, limestone sills and replacement aluminium windows, fixed-pane to ground floor. Some original timber sash windows to rear with exposed sash boxes, and a round-arched timber sash window to the return. Round-arched brick door opening with patent rendered reveal containing a timber raised-and-fielded panelled door with some brass furniture. Door flanked by timber-panelled pilasters with foliate consoled brackets supporting architrave and original webbed zinc fanlight above. Door opens onto a limestone step and concrete paved platform, flanked by wrought-iron railings and cast-iron corner posts on a painted limestone plinth course. Steel steps give access to basement area. A lane runs along the gabled side elevation giving access to the rear.

Although the original windows have been lost, the absence of cement pointing and the retention of an original doorcase add significnatly to the character of this building. The existence of some early windows, to the rear, suggests that much of the interior fabric of this building still remains. As a whole, its gable end and overall composition, enhances the appearance of this terrace.