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Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1870, with single-bay two-storey gabled advanced end bay to left, single-bay single-storey canted bay window to right ground, floor and single-bay two-storey return to north-west having single-bay two-storey lean-to bay to north-west. Extensively renovated, c.1995, with replacement single-bay single-storey gabled projecting glazed porch added to centre. One of a pair forming part of a group of four. Pitched (shared) slate roof on an L-shaped plan (forming gable to end bay) with decorative red clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks (one shared), timber bargeboards having finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Pitched (gabled) artificial slate roof to porch with timber bargeboards, and plastic rainwater goods on timber eaves. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls with moulded rendered cornice to canted bay window. Square-headed window openings with paired round-headed window openings to ground floor advanced end bay having cut-stone sills, and keystones to round-headed window openings. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Square-headed openings to porch with glazed timber panelled door having overlights, and fixed-pane timber sidelights on concrete sill. Square-headed door opening to house with timber panelled door, sidelights, and overlight. Set back from road in own grounds with landscaped grounds to site having unpainted roughcast boundary wall to perimeter with unpainted roughcast piers, and decorative cast-iron gate.

An attractive, well-composed middle-size house, built as one of a pair (with 22816023/WD-26-16-23) forming part of a larger group of four (with 22826020 – 1/WD-26-16-20 – 1), which incorporates distinctive architectural features typical of the period of construction, including gabled advanced bays, canted bay windows, and a variety of profiles to the openings. Although the house retains most of its original form and some of the original fabric, the inappropriate replacement fittings to the window openings, together with a replacement porch, have not had a positive impact on the external expression of the composition.