house — Mallow Street

Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement red brick former townhouse, built c. 1830, distinguished by a canopy over the front door opening. Return to rear. Pitched roof concealed behind a parapet wall with rendered chimneystacks to east and west party walls. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond. Limestone coping to parapet wall. Rendered basement elevation with limestone ashlar plinth course delineating ground floor level. Cement rendered rear elevation. Square-headed window openings, red brick flat arches, patent rendered reveals, limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-arched basement window opening, rendered reveals painted limestone sill and replacement uPVC window. Adamesque cast-iron balconettes with palmette motif and enriched upper horizontal rail to first floor window openings. Three-centred arched door opening, with red brick arch, patent rendered reveals, painted stone threshold step and inset doorcase comprising: three-quarters engaged Composite columns supporting fluted frieze that breaks forward over columns and is enriched by rosette detailing. Webbed fanlight with lead detailing and historic glass. Original raised and fielded panelled timber door leaf. Opens onto limestone flagged front door platform with cast-iron bootscraper, arrived at by a flight of limestone steps. Steps flanked by painted limestone plinth wall supporting original cast-iron railings with spike finials, and cast-iron rail post with finial. Railings return eastward to enclose front site basement area. Original coach house building to rear site access lane, with coursed rubble limestone walls and original red brick carriage arch, now filled in to form two-bay rendered elevation. Dormer window and square-headed window and door openings to ground level.