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End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey double-pile house, c.1825. Refenestrated, c.1925. Extensively renovated, c.1975. Pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted replacement rendered walls, c.1975, with inscribed plaque to centre first floor. Square-headed window openings (one in tripartite arrangement) with cut-stone sills, replacement one-over-one timber sash windows, c.1925, having one-over-one sidelights to tripartite opening, and replacement fixed-pane (two-light) timber windows, c.1975, to ground floor. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.

Exhibiting unassuming architectural aspirations a modest-scale house retains most of the original composition attributes together with much of the early fabric, thereby making a positive contribution to the streetscape value of Black Mill Street. The house remains of additional importance as the birthplace of James Stephens (1825-1901), co-founder of the Fenian Brotherhood (established 1858).