house — Gardiner Street Upper

Corner-sited terraced two-bay three-storey house, built c.1830, with raised basement to front and side elevations. Now in multiple occupancy. M-profile slate roof, hipped to south, hidden behind rebuilt parapet wall with granite coping and two shared brick chimneystacks having clay pots. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond on painted granite plinth course above rendered basement. Portland limestone date-plaque to south side elevation stating 'Sherrard Street 1825'. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings, flush rendered reveals, painted masonry sills and replacement uPVC windows. Two-bay south side elevation with brick blind bays to the east at each level. Round-headed door opening formed in brick with projecting moulded masonry surround and painted masonry Doric doorcase, and replacement flat-panelled timber door flanked by Doric columns on plinth bases supporting plain entablature with plain fanlight. Door opens onto sloping granite-flagged platform bridging basement area, enclosed by original wrought-iron railings and cast-iron corner posts, opening onto pavement via single granite step. Basement area to front and side elevations enclosed by wrought-iron railing on moulded granite plinth wall.