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Terraced two-bay three-storey house over raised basement, built c.1830, as one of group of five similar houses. Now in multiple occupancy. M-profile slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, hipped to north, behind parapet wall with granite coping. Stepped rendered brick chimneystacks with clay pots to south party wall. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond, with granite plinth course over rendered basement walls. Smooth cement rendered walls to rear elevation. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings with patent rendered reveals, painted granite sills and replacement timber sash windows throughout. Gauged brick round-headed door opening with deep moulded surround and painted masonry Doric doorcase. Replacement timber door flanked by engaged Doric columns supporting plain lintel cornice and with plain glazed fanlight over. Door opens onto extended platform, shared with neighbouring house, with replacement granite paving and three replacement granite steps. Platform and garden enclosed by replacement iron railings set on replacement granite plinth wall.

This house has been recently refurbished and forms an important component of a terrace of seven tall red brick houses dating from the late Georgian period. Built as a result of the expansion of the city, brought about by the opening of the North Circular Road and the arrival of the railway, the house has been largely refurbished to a high standard with appropriate replacement materials being employed. Collectively, the terrace presents an early residential aspect to the street and is a good example of a late Georgian streetscape on the outer reaches of the Georgian city.