house — Bishop Street

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1912, on a rectangular plan; three-bay two-storey rear (south) elevation. Hipped slate roof with perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles extending into roll moulded ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered plinth with rusticated rendered piers to corners supporting rendered band to eaves. Camber-headed central door opening with concrete step, rendered doorcase with panelled pilasters supporting ogee-detailed pediment centred on double keystone framing timber panelled door having overlight. Camber-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining encaustic tiled floor, carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in ball finial-topped turned timber newel, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors. Set back from line of street with rendered piers to perimeter having ogee-detailed stringcourses below panelled capping supporting wrought iron gate.