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Terraced two-bay three-storey house with dormer attic, c.1900, probably incorporating fabric of earlier house, pre-1840, on site with box oriel window to first floor. Renovated and refenestrated with dormer attic added. One of a group of three. Pitched (shared) slate roof (hipped to oriel window) with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond (shared) chimney stacks having stepped capping, rendered coping to party wall, rooflight, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings (some originally in bipartite arrangement including to oriel window on diamond-pointed panelled riser) with cut-granite sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows (replacing one-over-one timber sash windows). Round-headed door opening with cut-limestone threshold, moulded rendered surround on engaged octagonal padstones, and timber panelled door having overlight. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

A pleasantly appointed house of modest to middle size built as one of a group of three identical units (with 15605105 - 106) making a distinctive impression in Priory Street on account of individual attributes identifying a striking architectural design aesthetic including the slender vertical emphasis of the massing, the Classically-composed doorcase, the box oriel window featuring good quality joinery, and so on. However, following a comprehensive renovation programme, further attributes, including the bipartite arrangement to some openings, have been compromised by the introduction of replacement fittings, thereby diminishing the positive external expression of the collective ensemble in the street scene.