house — Sherrard Street Upper

Corner-sited end-of-terrace two-bay three-storey house over raised basement, built c.1830, currently vacant. M-profiled pitched artificial slate roof with central valley set behind rendered parapet wall and having stepped rendered brick chimneystacks. Brown brick walls laid in Flemish bond on painted granite plinth course and rendered basement wall. Original cast-iron rainwater goods, with cast-iron brick vent and enamelled green and white street sign at first floor corner, onto Upper Sherrard Street. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings with patent render reveals, painted stone sills and original six-over-six timber sliding sash windows. Rear elevation also having original timber sliding sash windows with two round-headed windows to stair. Gauged brick three-centred arched door opening with moulded masonry surround and decorative timber doorcase. Original flat-panelled timber door with brass furniture flanked by slender panelled pilasters and foliate scrolled console brackets supporting panelled lintel cornice and original cobweb fanlight. Door opens onto sloping granite-flagged platform, bridging basement area, with iron bootscraper, enclosed by original wrought-iron railings and opening onto pavement via two granite steps. Basement enclosed by original railing on painted moulded plinth wall with square-headed window opening having ten-over-ten pane timber sliding sash window and iron grille. Random rubble calp stone boundary wall to Belvedere Place.