house

Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks and render eaves course. Roughcast rendered walls having render plinth course. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows and painted stone sills. Elliptical-headed integral carriage arch. Round-headed opening having spoked fanlight over half-glazed timber panelled door. Rubble limestone boundary walls with render copings and pair of square-profile rubble limestone piers with render caps and single-leaf cast-iron gate.

This well proportioned house, built as part of a terrace, retains notable features characteristic of mid nineteenth-century domestic architecture. The house presents an early aspect with much of the original features intact including the carriage arch and spoked fanlight The house is of particular importance in the locality, having been built by John Hamilton, Esq. A pleasing gateway of simple design distinction enhances the visual appeal of the street scene.