house — Fair Street

Attached two-bay three-storey over basement former house, built c. 1780, as a pair with the adjoining house to the west. Now in use as surgery. Lean-to two-storey return to south elevation. Hipped slate roof running perpendicular to street, clay ridge tiles, chimneystack and gutters hidden behind parapet, circular cast-iron downpipe, half-hipped roof revealed at south elevation. Painted smooth rendered ruled walling to basement, painted smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling to upper storeys, stone coping to parapet. Segmental-headed window opening to basement, timber fixed multiple-pane window, square-headed window opening to upper storeys, painted smooth rendered architrave with recessed panels, painted stone sills, painted timber one-over-one sliding sash window to ground floor, nine-over-six sliding sash windows to first floor, four-over-four sliding sash windows to second floor; uPVC windows to south elevation. Round-headed door opening, painted stone Gibbsian surround with prominent keystone, spoked fanlight, painted timber door with four raised-and-fielded panels, wrought-iron bootscraper on limestone entrance platform accessed by two limestone steps, segmental-headed door opening to basement, timber vertically-sheeted door. Basement area bounded by tooled limestone plinth wall surmounted by wrought-iron railings with cast-iron fleur-de-lis finials and newel posts. Cast-iron coal hole cover to front site. House fronts onto street.