house — Pearse Street

Attached five-bay three-storey over basement townhouse, dated 1743; extant 1838, on a rectangular plan originally detached five-bay two-storey. In alternative use, 1890. Renovated, 2005, with replacement shopfront inserted to right ground floor. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves[?] retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening with two cut-limestone steps, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing replacement timber panelled door having overlight. Paired square-headed window openings centred on square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing replacement one-over-one timber sash windows replacing one-over-one or six-over-six (top floor) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall-cum-staircase hall retaining carved timber lugged surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister, carved timber lugged surrounds to door openings to landings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber lugged surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled reveals or shutters on panelled risers, and run moulded plasterwork cornices to ceilings; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled reveals or shutters to window openings. Street fronted with cobbled footpath to front.