house — Belvedere Place

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over raised basement, built c.1800, located on east side of Belvidere Place, with three-storey flat roof return to rear. Formerly in use as offices but currently vacant. M-profile roof concealed behind rendered parapet wall with granite coping. Rendered chimneystack to north party wall at front and back. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls to front elevation with basement level stepping forward. Rendered wall to rear elevation. Flat-arch window openings with granite sills and flush rendered reveals. Original six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows without horns to basement, ground and first floor except centre window to first floor that has small convex horns, and replacement uPVC windows to second and third floors. Original six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows without horns to rear basement, ground, first and second floors, and replacement uPVC windows to third floor and to return. Round-headed door opening with simple moulded painted reveal, engaged Ionic columns and respondent pilasters supporting fluted frieze with paterae and dentil cornice above, frieze and cornice break forward over capitals, and with replacement plain fanlight with two mullions. Replacement glazing to sidelights. Timber panelled door opening onto granite platform and six granite steps to pavement level flanked by wrought-iron railings on granite plinth wall with corner post to south side. Remains of cast-iron bootscraper on north side of entrance. Basement area enclosed by moulded granite plinth wall with wrought-iron railings. No street access to basement area. Three cast-iron coal-hole covers set in granite flags to pavement to front of property. Access from basement area to coal store blocked.