house — Belvedere Place

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over raised basement, built c.1800, with three-storey flat-roofed rear extension and built as one of pair with No. 6. M-profile roof hidden behind parapet wall with granite coping and cast-iron hopper and downpipe breaking through to south. Chimneystacks to both party walls with clay pots, stepped brick stack to south, rendered to north. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with steel wall-plates to each level. Painted granite plinth course over painted render walls to basement level and cement rendered walls to rear elevation. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings with patent rendered reveals, granite sills and decorative wrought-iron balconettes to first floor. mainly timber sliding sash windows to front facade, early six-over-six pane to ground floor, replacement six-over-six pane to second floor and three-over-three pane to top floor, with replacement uPVC to first floor. Wrought-iron grilles to basement level, and largely replacement timber sliding sash windows to rear. Gauged brick round-headed door opening with painted masonry tripartite Ionic doorcase, having replacement timber panelled door flanked by engaged Ionic columns on raised plinth blocks, re-glazed sidelights and responding Ionic pilasters all supporting fluted and dentillated stepped lintel cornice with plain fanlight. Door opens onto granite platform and five granite steps, bridging basement area. Platform enclosed by original wrought-iron railings with incorporated bootscraper and cast-iron corner posts, returning to enclose basement and set on painted moulded granite plinth wall with replacement gate and steel steps giving basement access.