house — North Great George's Street

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over exposed basement, built 1782. Pitched natural slate roof with stepped, brick and rendered chimneystacks with clay pots shared with Nos. 39 and 41 all behind rebuilt parapet wall with square granite ashlar coping. Original flared lead hopper and rainwater goods to upper floors, cast-iron below, shared with house to south. Handmade red brick walls laid in Flemish bond, rebuilt above third floor windows, above rendered ruled and lined basement. Gauged brick flat-arched openings with patent rendered reveals and granite sills. Timber sliding sash windows, nine-over-six pane to ground and first floors and six-over-six pane to basement and second floors, and replacement timber sashes to top floor. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor. Painted stone doorcase comprising original eleven-panel painted timber flanked by engaged Ionic columns on plinth blocks supporting fluted lintel cornice surmounted by original peacock fanlight within concave panelled archivolt with swags and foliate design. Victorian bronze bell push to north side. Door opens onto granite platform with cast-iron bootscraper and three original squared granite steps, bridging basement, enclosed to either side by wrought-iron railings with cast-iron corner lamp posts to moulded granite plinth wall. Matching gate accessing recent steel staircase to basement with timber handrail.