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End-of-terrace single-bay three-storey house, c.1815, on a corner site with two-bay two-storey side elevation to north-east. Extensively renovated, c.1990, with replacement pubfronts inserted to ground floor. Hipped (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered (shared) chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with rendered stringcourse to top floor having blocking course over. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and moulded rendered surrounds. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Replacement timber pubfronts, c.1990, to ground floor with inscribed pilasters, fixed-pane (six-light) timber window having round-headed panes, timber panelled double doors on two cut-stone steps with overlight, fascia over having consoles, and dentilated moulded cornice. Segmental-headed door opening to side (north-east) elevation with two cut-stone steps, timber panelled door, and spoked fanlight. Road fronted on a corner site with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

A well-proportioned house forming an integral component of an early nineteenth-century urban planning project initiated by the Duke of Devonshire centred on Grattan (originally Market) Square. However, extensive renovation works in the late twentieth century have led to the loss of most of the original fabric, while the replacement pubfronts to ground floor do not enhance the expression of the composition at street level. Nevertheless, the basic form and massing remains intact, contributing to the regular streetline and roofline of the south-east range of the square.