house — George's Street Lower

Terraced single-bay three-storey over part raised basement townhouse, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan. Renovated, ----, to accommodate alternative use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond stepped eaves. Rendered walls. Square-headed door opening (south) approached by flight of four cut-granite steps supporting wrought iron bootscraper, carved timber surround on cut-granite padstones framing timber panelled door having overlight. Paired square-headed window openings (basement) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed central window openings originally in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six or six-over-three (top floor) timber sash windows having two-over-two or two-over-one (top floor) sidelights. Interior including (ground floor): hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber "spindle" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in paired turned timber newels, and timber surrounds to door openings to landings framing timber panelled doors; and timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled reveals or shutters. Street fronted with wrought iron railings to perimeter.