house — Gardiner Street Upper

Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c.1880, with garden to front. Double-span slate pitched roof hipped to south and terracotta ridge tiles. Two red brick chimneystacks with dentillated brick cornice, cement coping and four replacement terracotta chimney pots on party wall to north and single dentillated red brick chimney on south wall. Painted timber bracketed eaves and soffitt. Red brick wall laid in Flemish bond to painted masonry plinth course with painted chamfered vermiculated quoins to south-east corner and one cast-iron air brick. Ruled-and-lined rendered raised basement and side elevation. Square-headed window openings to first floor and basement, and three narrow segmental-headed window openings, with uPVC replacement sashes throughout. Stilted-headed gauged red brick door opening forming Lombardic porch with painted flat quoins and moulded arch supported by columns with foliated capitals on bases and low pedestals sheltering recessed timber panelled door and glazed screen defined with moulded chevron ornament and replacement spoked fanlight. Door opens onto tiled platform and five round-nosed granite steps enclosed by steel railings on granite plinth walls. Original wrought-iron railings enclosing basement to south of steps with gate. Open gravelled car park area shared with No. 35 enclosed by original cast-iron railings on granite-capped low red brick wall. Wall broken at No. 34 to allow vehicular access. Steel shuttered gate to side elevation providing access to rear.