house — Glena Terrace

Terraced two-bay three-storey townhouse, built 1892, on a rectangular plan. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Refenestrated, ----. One of a terrace of eight. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, coping to gables with red brick Running bond chimney stacks to apexes having corbelled stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on decorative timber eaves boards on timber consoles on terracotta stringcourse. Red brick Running bond wall to front (south) elevation on rendered chamfered plinth; rendered surface finish (remainder). Round-headed door opening (east) with cut-granite step threshold, and red brick voussoirs centred on cut-granite keystone framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite lintels framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): vestibule (east) retaining encaustic tiled floor; square-headed door opening into hall with glazed timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight; hall retaining encaustic tiled floor, carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, plasterwork cornice to ceiling, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in ball finial-topped turned timber newel, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landings framing timber panelled doors; reception room (south-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, chimneypiece, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; reception room (north-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, chimneypiece, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set back from line of street with cast-iron colonette piers to perimeter having polygonal capping supporting crocketed cast-iron gate.