house — The Newtown

Terraced five-bay three-storey over basement house, built c.1800, having a two-bay two-storey wing/extension attached to the north end of the main façade (west), c.1835. Half-hipped natural slate roof having a central pair of rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots, clay ridge tiles and a number of remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-line rendered walls with raised ‘belt buckle’ quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with moulded surrounds having keystone detail over, cut stone sills and with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to the ground and first floor openings and three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to the second floor. Central round-headed doorcase to the main body of the building having moulded cut stone surround with fluted keystone and a timber panelled door with a plain overlight above. Round-headed doorcase to the south end of extension/wing to the north having a moulded doorcase, timber panelled door and a teardrop fanlight over. Set slightly back from the road to the west side of the Newtown suburb, Moate. Low ruled-and-line rendered walls with curved corners to the street frontage.