house — Upper Chapel Street

Semi-detached five-bay two-storey townhouse with dormer attic, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan. In alternative use, 1893. Occupied, 1901. Vacant, 1911. Renovated, ----, to accommodate alternative use. One of a pair. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on ogee-detailed moulded rendered cornice. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered piers to ends. Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-limestone threshold, and drag edged cut-limestone doorcase with panelled pilasters on plinths supporting archivolt framing timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and moulded rendered surrounds having bull nose-detailed reveals framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in turned timber newels, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Street fronted with rendered piers to perimeter having curvilinear capping supporting wrought iron gate.