house — The Crescent

Terraced two-bay four-storey over-basement red brick house, built c. 1820, forming one of a crescent of similarly scaled houses. M-profile artificial slate roof concealed behind a parapet wall to front and rear elevation. Rendered chimneystack to north and red brick chimneystack to south party walls. uPVC rainwater goods. Red brick façade and rear elevation laid in Flemish bond with cement re-pointing. Limestone coping to parapet walls. Tooled limestone ashlar faced basement elevation with smooth limestone ashlar plinth course delineating ground floor level. Red brick square-headed window openings with patent rendered reveals, painted limestone sills (joined at ground floor level, with rendered band beneath) and replacement uPVC windows. Cast-iron balconettes to first floor level. Square-headed window openings including Wyatt window openings all having replacement uPVC windows. One round-arched stair hall window visible, with fanlight above replacement uPVC windows. Stair hall window to upper level has been blocked-up to form a horizontal format square-headed window opening. Small window openings introduced on each level. Three-centred arch door opening, with red brick arch, rendered reveals, limestone threshold step, and inset doorcase comprising: three-quarters engaged Ionic columns (one shaft appears to have been replaced) and responding pilasters, each with swags to capitals, supporting fluted frieze breaking forward over orders; frosted glass sidelights over panelled timber bases and replacement raised and fielded panelled timber door leaf; radiating webbed fanlight enriched by lead detailing. Opening onto limestone flagged front door platform, arrived at by limestone steps. Steps and platform flanked by limestone plinth wall supporting original wrought-iron railings with spearhead finials and cast-iron rail posts with pineapple finials, which return to enclose the front site basement area. Unfinished concrete block constructed rear site building, replacing coach house.