house — Henrietta Street

Terraced two-bay four-storey house over raised basement, built c.1740, formerly five-bay house together with No. 5, divided c.1830. Now in multiple occupancy. M-profile slate roof, hipped to east of rear span with brick chimneystacks to both party walls. Roof hidden behind parapet wall with granite coping and steel support to west. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond to moulded granite plinth course over rendered basement walls. Gauged red brick flat-arched window openings with patent rendered reveals, masonry sills and largely replacement six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Replacement steel balconettes to first floor and round-headed stair light to rear elevation. Diminutive window opening between first and second floors with stained leaded window. Gauged brick round-headed door opening with moulded reveal and nineteenth-century painted stone doorcase, c.1830. Flat panelled timber door flanked by scrolled console brackets supporting stepped lintel cornice and cobweb lead fanlight. Door opens onto concrete-paved platform with cast-iron bootscraper and five sandstone steps bridging basement. Platform and basement enclosed by wrought-iron railings with cast-iron corner posts and finials, all set on moulding granite plinth wall with matching iron gate to east providing basement access via steel steps. Single-storey structure enclosing rear site fronting onto Henrietta Lane.