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Semi-detached two-bay three-storey over basement house, built c.1860, having gable-end bay with canted bay window to front and pitched roof two-storey block flanked by single-storey entrance bays to side (south-west). Pitched slate roofs with overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystacks, gable-fronted dormer windows, cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Ornate timber bargeboards to front elevation and two-storey extension gables. Rendered walls to front elevation of main block and rear elevation of porch. Roughcast rendered walls elsewhere. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills throughout, having render label mouldings to front elevation openings. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to second floor of front elevation, bipartite four-over-four timber sliding sash windows to first floor of front elevation and throughout side extensions. Replacement fixed timber-framed window to front elevation of canted bay, flanked by two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window to side (south). Nine-over-nine and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to rear elevation, in single and bipartite arrangements. Timber casement window to rear dormer window. Square-headed door openings throughout, having replacement glazed timber door with overlight and steps to canted bay. Timber panelled door with multiple-pane overlight to porch. Timber battened door with overlight to basement level of rear elevation. Rubble stone enclosing wall with cast-iron gate piers and double-leaf cast-iron gates to rear. Rubble stone wall to front with cast-iron gate giving access to stone steps.

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