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Monserrat and Hillside House — Ashe Street

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Monserrat and Hillside House — Ashe Street
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Detached two-bay three-storey house, built c. 1740, with conservatory addition to south elevation, and having three-bay two-storey over raised basement house, built c. 1800, attached to east. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack, attached to pitched slate roof of later block. Painted rendered walls with later render pilasters to first floor and render decorative details to openings. Square-headed openings with four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to later block, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to dormers and tripartite openings to entrance level. Some replacement windows at ground floor level. Projecting late nineteenth century timber porch addition, having carved colonettes, supporting arches and single pitched roof, set around segmental-headed opening with moulded render surround, fanlight and timber panelled door. Segmental-headed opening to later block, having render surround, spoked fanlight and timber panelled door with flanking sidelights. Flight of rendered steps to entrance. Rusticated boundary walls with cast-iron railings and square-profile piers having double-leaf gates.

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