house — Gardiner Street Upper

Terraced four-storey house over raised basement, built c.1820, having three-bay ground floor and two-bay upper floors. Now in multiple occupancy. M-profile pitched roof behind rebuilt granite-capped parapet with original flared lead hopper and downpipe breaking through and shared with No. 38 to north. Rendered stepped chimneystack shared with adjoining house to south and canted rendered brick chimneystack abutting rear gable. Red brick wall laid in Flemish bond to painted granite plinth course over rendered painted basement. Flat-headed gauged brick window openings, some with painted patent reveals, painted granite sills and replacement uPVC windows, with two narrower, offset openings at ground floor. Round-headed door opening comprising painted Portland stone engaged Doric columns set on granite base with paterae and fluting to capitals, cornice and archivolt, flanking replacement and original spoked fanlight with some early glass. Door opens onto mosaic-covered platform and steps shared with house to north, enclosed to both sides by original wrought-iron railings on granite plinth walls, returning to south to enclose basement. Rendered rear wall with truncated original round-headed window at stairwell. Some original flagstones in basement area.