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End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey red brick house with dormer attic, dated 1885, probably originally terraced incorporating fabric of earlier house, pre-1840, on site. Refenestrated. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks over red brick construction having stepped capping, rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves having iron ties. Red brick Flemish bond wall to front (west) elevation on rendered plinth with cut-granite shield date stone/plaque to top floor, red brick cornice incorporating saw tooth-profiled course, and rendered walls to remainder over semi-coursed random rubble stone construction having red brick quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, red brick voussoirs having cut-granite keystones (concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds to side (north) elevation), and replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening with step supporting padstones, red brick voussoirs having cut-granite keystone, and replacement uPVC panelled door having overlight. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front [DS].

A well composed house of modest to middle size built by a now-unknown patron ("R.E.") making a prominent visual impact in the immediate setting on account of the vertical emphasis of the massing with particular emphasis on the vistas from Church Street or Lower Church Street: occupying a slightly elevated position, the house similarly makes a strong visual impression from Abbey Square. Sharing stylistic characteristics in common with a number of contemporary (1896) ranges in the locality (see 15603082 - 83), the house is identified by attributes including the lively construction in vibrant red brick with subtle granite dressings displaying good stone masonry, and so on. However, although the elementary attributes prevail, the character or external expression of the house has been compromised by the introduction of replacement fittings to the openings.