Kameleon — Gardiner Place

Terraced four-storey house over raised basement, having three-bay ground floor and two-bay upper floors, built c.1790. Now in multiple occupancy. Single-span pitched roof hipped to south and gabled to north with brick chimneystack having terracotta pots shared on party wall with No. 4 to east behind granite-capped parapet wall. Red brick wall laid in Flemish bond, rebuilt to top floor, to painted masonry plinth course over rendered and painted basement wall. Rear wall gable ended and cement rendered, with mild steel fire escape. Gauged brick square-headed window openings with painted patent reveals and painted granite sills. Replacement timber sliding sash windows in six-over-six pane arrangement throughout, ground floor having paired narrower windows. Large replacement uPVC window in square-headed window opening at basement level. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to rear. Gauged brick round-headed recessed door opening with painted, moulded surround enclosing painted stone Ionic doorcase with engaged columns and responding pilasters supporting cornice lintel with paterae and swags supporting original cobweb fanlight, blocked and painted-over sidelights. Door opens onto granite platform and three granite steps bridging basement, flanked by original wrought-iron railings on low painted granite plinth enclosing basement area with matching gate accessing basement area. Original inset coal hole cover with carved drip groove, in granite kerb. Rear elevation extended and roof line altered at later date.