Historic building

Terraced two-bay two-storey red brick house, dated 1901. Reroofed. One of a pair. Pitched (shared) roof with replacement artificial slate, terracotta ridge tiles, red brick chimney stack (bond not discerned) having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick eaves having saw tooth-profiled course. Red brick Flemish bond wall on rendered plinth with red brick stringcourse to first floor, and shared cut-granite shield date stone/plaque. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, red brick voussoirs having cut-granite keystones, and two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with cut-granite padstones, red brick voussoirs having cut-granite keystone, and timber panelled door having overlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from line of street with rendered plinth boundary wall having chamfered coping supporting iron railings, and iron gate [DS].

A pleasantly composed small-scale house built by a now unknown patron ("R.B.") as one of an identical pair (with 15604003) identified in the streetscape on account of the lively construction in vibrant mass-produced red brick with subtle dressed granite accents: in appearance, the house recalls the nearby contemporary (1898) Somerset House (15604020) connected with the same patron. Having been very well maintained, the house presents an early aspect with the elementary attributes surviving in place together with most of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding the positive contribution made to the character of the local setting.