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Terraced two-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c.1870. One of group of four. M-profile slate roof, yellow brick shared chimneystacks with yellow clay pots, cast-iron gutters on bracketed eaves and red brick sawtooth eaves course. Brown brick walling laid down in Flemish bond over granite plinth course with rendered walling to basement area. Square-headed window openings with gauged brick voussoirs with rendered reveals, masonry sills and original two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening in moulded render surround having rendered soffit and reveals. Timber panelled door flanked by engaged pilasters having recessed panels terminating in floriate brackets supporting frieze and stepped cornice, plain glazed overlight. Door opens onto granite platform with seven granite steps flanked by wrought-iron handrails. Set back from road, bounded by moulded granite plinth wall surmounted by wrought-iron railings with spike finials, hoops and corner post.

The southern section of Seville Place was developed after the arrival of the railway in the 1830-40s. This terrace, built in the second half of the nineteenth century, was part of a wave of development in the area in that period, perhaps spurred on by the construction of the nearby church of Saint Laurence O’Toole Church and the ecclesiastical and educational buildings which followed it. A pleasantly composed terrace of four houses, the terminating houses have a curious single-bay at the upper storey which contributes to the character and variety of the streetscape. The survival of the original fenestration, the sawtooth eaves course and delicate wrought-iron railings contributes to its architectural significance.