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Terraced three-bay four-storey over basement red brick former townhouse, built c. 1820, forming part of a uniform terrace of eleven Georgian former townhouses, with a broad flight of steps to the three-centred arched front door. Pitched roof concealed behind parapet wall; rendered chimneystack to north party wall. Red brick faced walls laid in Flemish bond to façade with cement re-pointing. Rendered basement elevation terminating with a limestone ashlar plinth course at ground floor level. Square-headed window openings to façade with red brick flat arches, patent rendered reveals, limestone sills and original six-over-six timber sash windows to ground and second floor level and replacement uPVC windows elsewhere. Simple wrought-iron nursery rails to second floor window openings. Red brick three-centred arched door opening, patent rendered reveals, and inset tripartite timber doorcase comprising enriched piers dividing flanking pointed-arch margin-paned sidelights which have panelled timber bases; original flat-panelled timber door with applied bead moulding and central horizontal panel. Enriched piers support frieze and cornice with waterleaf detailing; egg-and-dart detailing to capitals and cornice. Original spoked fanlight each glazing bar forming an arrow. Front door accessed by broad flight of limestone steps with cast-iron bootscraper, flanked by rendered original limestone plinth wall supporting original wrought-iron railings with Neo-classical cast-iron rail posts with pineapple finials. Railings return to enclose front site basement area. Square-plan cast-iron coal hole cover and limestone slab to pavement.

This fine late Georgian former townhouse retains most of its original features, and as such it contributes significantly to the architectural character of the streetscape in the Newtown Pery Georgian core. It forms one of a terrace of eleven uniform houses with a shared parapet height, each house ennobled by a wide three-centred arched doorcase.