house — Pearse Street

Terraced two-bay three-storey double-pile over basement townhouse, extant 1838, with shopfront to ground floor. In alternative use, 1896. Renovated. One of a terrace of six. Pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping (north) or rendered capping (south) supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron hopper and downpipe. Tuck pointed drag edged tooled limestone ashlar wall (upper floor) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corner. Shopfront to ground floor including pair of segmental-headed door openings with replacement limestone ashlar voussoirs framing replacement timber fittings. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on keystones framing six-over-one timber sash (first floor) or replacement uPVC casement (top floor) windows. Interior including (ground floor): entrance hall-cum-staircase hall retaining staircase on a dog leg plan with timber "match stick" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in timber newel; and (upper floors): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted with cobbled footpath to front.