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Terraced two-bay three-storey house over raised basement, built c.1830, now in multiple occupancy. Pitched slate roof hidden behind parapet wall with granite coping and pair of shared brick chimneystacks to both party walls with clay pots. Shared cast-iron hopper and downpipe breaking through parapet wall to south. Yellow brick walls laid in Flemish bond with lime pointing to painted granite plinth course over rendered basement. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings, flush rendered reveals, painted stone sills and replacement uPVC sash-type windows. Square-headed door opening with decorative timber surround. Original flat-panelled timber door and rectangular overlight with leaded tracery having lugged timber architrave surround on render plinth bases and replacement moulded hood supported on original timber console brackets. Door opens onto sandstone paved platform with cast-iron bootscraper and four granite steps. Platform enclosed by decorative spear-headed wrought and cast-iron railing also enclosing basement area and set on moulded granite plinth wall. Original granite paving and cast-iron coal-hole cover to street.

Forming part of a continuous terrace lining the east side of the street, this pair stand out for their square-headed door openings and decorative doorcases suggesting a later programme of building. Retaining its original façade composition and a relatively intact doorcase, the house adds variety and added quality to the overall streetscape with its original paving and street furniture. Laid out by Thomas Sherrard in the 1820s for the Wide Street Commissioners, Sherrard Street displays a subtle variation in building types but conforms to strict guidelines for parapet heights and plot ratios.