house — Sherrard Street Upper

Terraced two-bay three-storey house over exposed basement, built c.1828. Now in multiple occupancy. Pitched slate roof hidden behind parapet wall with rendered course below granite coping and replacement rainwater goods breaking through parapet wall. Shared stepped brick chimneystack to north party wall with octagonal clay pots. Yellow brick walls laid in Flemish bond, rebuilt to second floor, on painted granite plinth course and rendered wall to basement. Diminutive rendered and glazed niche containing painted religious statue between ground floor openings. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings with patent rendered reveals, painted granite sills and one-over-one pane hardwood sliding sash windows, with six-over-six pane to basement. Ornate wrought-iron balconettes to first floor. Gauged brick three-centred arched door opening with moulded masonry surround and painted masonry Ionic doorcase, having replacement timber panelled door flanked by engaged Ionic columns on plinth bases supporting panelled lintel cornice and plain fanlight. Door opens onto granite paved platform, bridging basement area, enclosed by replacement iron railing and opening onto street via two granite steps. Basement area enclosed by iron railing on granite plinth wall accessed via steel steps.