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End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey former house over basement, built c.1820, with single-storey return to rear. Now in use as flats. M-profile tiled roof with brick chimneystacks to north gable, behind parapet. Replacement rainwater goods. Hipped tiled roof to return. Brick facade, laid in Flemish bond, with granite coping to parapet and painted string course to basement level. Ruled-and-lined render to facade at basement level. Brick to north side elevation and rear elevation. Smooth-rendered walls to rear return. Square-headed window openings with rendered reveals, painted granite sills and replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-headed brick arch door opening with brick voussoirs, replacement timber doorcase having oversize fluted console brackets, flat-panelled timber and petal fanlight. Original four-panelled timber door with beaded muntin and brass knob opens to concrete landing spanning basement well, and steps. Mild steel railings on painted concrete plinth wall surround basement well. Concrete steps with mild steel handrail descend to basement. Rear garden bounded to west by pebble-dashed wall.

Number 7 terminates a terrace of brick houses on the west side of Richmond Street North. The street was developed during the 1820s with opposing terraces of identical houses. Built for the professional classes, the houses on the street went into decline in the later nineteenth century and subsequently became tenement dwellings. It is part of the early fabric of this city street and contributes to the area’s architectural character, having proportions and restrained detailing typical of domestic development in the area at this time. Although original elements have been substantially replaced, the house retains important streetscape features including railed the basement area.