house — Saint Laurence Street

Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former house, built c. 1820, altered c. 1880, now in use as office. Built as a group of three with the adjoining houses to the east. Roof not visible behind parapet, smooth rendered chimneystack. Painted smooth render walling, channelled vermiculated rustication to ground floor, block-and-start quoins, moulded string courses to first and second floors, dentil string courses at window heads of first and second floors, modillioned eaves course; round-headed dentilled pediment to first floor window heads, carved coat-of-arms to tympanum comprising central oval panel bearing sailing ship and bell flanked by a seahorse and lion; dentilled triangular pediment to second floor supported on fluted console brackets surmounting recessed panel. Square-headed window openings, painted moulded smooth rendered lugged-and-kneed surrounds to third floors, round-headed tripartite window flanked by Doric pilasters supporting moulded archivolt to first floor, square-headed window openings, vermiculated rusticated voussoirs, prominent fluted keystones to ground floor; painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows to ground and third floors, two-over-two sliding sash windows to first and second floors. Square-headed door opening, vermiculated rusticated voussoirs, prominent fluted keystone, plain-glazed overlight, timber door with six raised-and-fielded panels, three limestone steps to footpath flanked by cast-iron handrails. Basement area bounded by limestone plinth wall surmounted by cast-iron railings. Street fronted.