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Petra — Island Road

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Petra — Island Road
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Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1850, retaining original fenestration with three-bay two-storey side elevation to north-east having single-bay two-storey canted bay window, and two-bay single-storey return to south-east. Renovated, c.1925, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting glazed porch added to centre. Undergoing renovation, 2003. Hipped slate roof (polygonal to canted bay window; pitched to return) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted roughcast wall to front (north-west) elevation over random rubble stone stone construction with unpainted rendered walls to remainder. Square-headed window openings (including to canted bay window) with stone sills, and 2/2 timber sash windows. Round-headed door opening under gabled projecting glazed porch with timber pilaster doorcase, and timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings to porch with fixed-pane timber fittings. Set back from road in own grounds with gravel forecourt, terraces to east, and random rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter having cut-granite piers with wrought iron gates.

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