house — North Great George's Street

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over exposed basement, built c.1785. Now in use as offices. Pitched natural slate roof with hip to south behind rebuilt parapet wall with square granite ashlar coping. Stepped and rendered chimneystack with clay pots shared with No. 38. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with original pointing, eaves course being rebuilt, to moulded granite ashlar plinth course over rendered basement. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings with painted patent reveals and granite sills. Replacement timber sliding sash windows throughout, six-over-six pane to basement and second floors, nine-over-six pane to ground and first floors, six-over-six pane to second floor and three-over-three pane to top floor. Cast-iron balconettes to first floor. Painted stone doorcase comprising original ten-panel painted timber door flanked by engaged Ionic columns on plinth blocks supporting lintel cornice enriched with ram’s heads and swags surmounted by original peacock fanlight within stuccoed archivolt and having gauged brick voussoirs. Door opens onto granite platform with two cast-iron bootscrapers and four granite steps, bridging basement, enclosed to either side by cast-iron railings with newel posts and urn finials on moulded granite plinth wall. Matching gate to basement area.