house — Fair Street

Attached four-bay three-storey over basement former house, built c. 1805, later used as convent, now used as office. Two-storey over basement addition to south comprising hipped roofed cast-iron balconies c. 1880. Pitched slate roof, hidden by parapet to north, smooth rendered chimneystack, replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Painted smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling, painted tooled chamfered plinth course, string course and stone coping to parapet; cast-iron balustrades to balconies supported by cast-iron columns to south. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows to ground and first floor, three-over-three sliding sash windows to second floor, multiple pane cast-iron windows to basement; pointed arch window openings to east and west of balconied addition, painted timber tracery, multiple-paned glazing. Round-headed door opening, tooled limestone Gibbsian surround, fluted console brackets supporting open-bed pediment, traceried fanlight, painted timber door with ten raised-and-fielded panels, brass door furniture; wrought-iron bootscraper on limestone entrance platform approached by four punch dressed limestone steps; square-headed door openings to south giving access onto balconies. Basement area bounded by painted stone plinth wall surmounted by wrought-iron railings. House fronts onto street, yard to south, originally convent gardens.