Umbria House — The Diamond

Terraced five-bay three-storey stone house, built c.1860, having two-storey outbuilding to rear and some rear projections from the main house linking with this rear outbuilding. Pitched slate roof with lead ridge, cut-stone skews to verge of north-east gable, smooth cement rendered chimneystacks having over-sailing course and replacement galvanised rainwater goods on brick platband at eaves. Unrendered coursed squared rubble limestone walls to upper floors with block-and-start brick dressings to openings which are covered with painted smooth render. Smooth rendered ground floor below smooth-rendered first floor sill course with projecting base where this is exposed on north-east side. Square-headed window openings throughout, with painted stone sills and replacement uPVC frames to front elevation. Three-centred arch doorcase with replacement timber panelled door flanked within small recess by columns holding entablature surmounted by teardrop glazed fanlight. Three-centred arch integral arch vehicular access opening to south-west end of front elevation with chamfered and stopped arris to north-eastern reveal. Disused two-storey outbuilding to the rear dates to early nineteenth or late eighteenth century and has corrugated steel sheeted and partially slate-clad pitched roof, random rubble stone walls, mostly square-headed openings with timber lintels and some additional brick-framed openings to gable ends. South-west gable end, angled to accommodate vehicular access from Monaghan Street to rear yards of several buildings here, has three-centred arch opening with cut-stone voussoirs for cart store to ground floor. Beside this is another wide square-headed doorway with timber lintel and brick relieving arch. House fronts onto The Diamond on north side of Monaghan Street.