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Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1890, with projecting entrance porch and gable-fronted end bay to front and rear. Set back from the road within its own grounds. One of a pair with the house to the west. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and red brick chimneystacks. Red brick walls to ground floor with decorative brickwork course separating ground and first floor levels. Roughcast render to first floor with exposed timber beams to gable-fronted projecting bay. Timber casement windows surmounted by fixed lead paned overlights with stone sills. Timber porch with slate lean-to roof with dormer window and eaves brackets, timber casement windows to porch. Square-headed door opening to side elevation of porch, flanked by decorative timber panels, surmounted by carved timber overdoor and with timber panelled door. House bounded to front by rendered plinth wall with limestone coping surmounted by cast-iron railings. Outbuilding to rear site. Yard to front is bounded by rendered plinth with stone copping surmounted by cast-iron railings accessed through carved timber gate piers with stone capping and metal gates.

This house on Wilmer Terrace was built as one of a pair of substantial Tudor style houses. The house itself, like its neighbour retains many original features which elevate its architectural character and make it one of an important pair of revivalist structures within a predominately Georgian Birr. One of the most striking features of this building is the variation in finishes used on the elevations; red brick is used on the ground floor while roughcast render is employed on the upper storey with exposed timber beams. The entrance porch is also a noteworthy feature with its highly decorative timber carved panels which flank the doorway.