house — South Street

Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement house, c.1850, on a corner site possibly incorporating fabric of earlier range, pre-1840, on site with three-bay three-storey side (north) elevation, and shopfronts to ground floor. Renovated, post-1900, with rendered façade enrichments added. One of a group of three. Pitched (shared) slate roof forming hip to corner with clay ridge tiles, red or yellow brick Running bond (shared) chimney stacks having stepped capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having consoles, post-1900, on moulded stringcourse. Replacement pebble-encrusted rendered walls, post-1900, with rusticated cut-granite quoins to corners (one incorporating raised lettering), moulded stringcourse to first floor, and moulded stringcourse to second floor. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills forming part of sill courses, rendered dressings, post-1900, including panelled (hollow) pilaster surrounds to first floor having fluted consoles supporting triangular pediments, moulded surrounds to second floor having friezes supporting entablatures, moulded surrounds to top floor on aprons, and replacement one-over-one timber sash windows, post-1900, retaining three-over-three timber sash windows to top floor. Shopfronts to ground floor with engaged fluted Ionic columns on padstones, replacement fixed-pane timber windows having casement overlights, timber panelled double doors having overlights, and fascias having moulded cornices. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted on a corner site with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.