house

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. Brown brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls, with granite plinth course, and channelled rendered wall to basement. Square-headed window openings having rendered reveals granite sills, and six-over-six pane and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, retaining some timber panelled shutters. Elliptical-headed door opening with moulded render surround, doorcase comprising panelled pilasters, fluted console brackets having acanthus leaf detail supporting stepped cornice. Marigold fanlight and timber panelled door. Granite steps with cast-iron coal-hole cover and bootscrape to platform. Wrought-iron railings, those to front having rendered plinth wall with carved granite coping.

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.