house

End-of-terrace double-pile five-bay three-storey over basement house, built c. 1800, having two-storey lean-to and three-storey bowed extensions to rear, latter built c. 1820. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, rendered corbelled eaves and uPVC rainwater goods. Ivy-covered smooth rendered façade with projecting rendered plinth and quoins. Square-headed window openings with moulded rendered surrounds, render hood-mouldings and sills, having uPVC windows. Square-headed door opening flanked by engaged timber columns and surmounted by cobweb fanlight and timber open-base pediment, having uPVC external door and half-glazed timber internal door. Semi-circular tooled limestone threshold and cast-iron bootscrape to entrance.

This is an early nineteenth-century house which, in spite of recent alterations, retains much of its early character in distinctive elements. The rear of the house may date to the late eighteenth century as suggested by a steep roof pitch and the arrangement of windows. A regency bowed extension, the bow being a characteristic architectural feature of the locality, may have been added in the early nineteenth century, a prosperous time for Charleville during which much building was undertaken. Later nineteenth-century alterations may include the re-rendering of the façade to include fashionable Gothic elements. This attractive and interesting building occupies an important position, terminating the streetscape at the northern end of the town.