house — Cecil Street

Terraced single-bay three-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1820, with a front railed basement area. Pitched natural slate roof hidden behind rebuilt parapet wall with limestone coping and a shared red brick chimneystack to the east party wall with clay pots. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with cement pointing, and rendered wall to the basement, also rendered to rear. Gauged brick camber-arched window openings with patent rendered reveals, painted limestone sills and tripartite single-pane timber sash windows (possibly original with glazing bars removed). Five-sided timber multiple-pane oriel window c. 1950 in front of square-headed former window opening to ground floor. Gauged brick round-arched door opening with rendered reveals and plain surround having a raised and fielded timber-panelled door with original door furniture and a decorative lead webbed fanlight above with single glazed panel behind. Door opens onto limestone threshold step and a further two concrete steps shared with neighbouring building. Original wrought-iron railing and cast-iron corner posts set in concrete on a limestone plinth enclosing the basement area with modern steel gate and steps giving access to the basement. A cast-iron coal hole cover with limestone surround is located to the pavement. Two-storey cement rendered building to the rear.