Bel Canto House — North Great George's Street

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over exposed basement, built c.1785. Pitched natural slate roof with hip to north, and stepped and rendered chimneystack with clay pots shared with No. 19, behind rebuilt parapet wall with squared granite ashlar coping. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond to painted moulded granite ashlar plinth course over rendered ruled-and-lined rendered walls to basement level. Gauged brick flat-arched openings with painted patent reveals and granite sills. Replacement timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to basement, one-over-one pane to ground, first and second floors, and two-over-two pane to top floor. Cast-iron balconettes to first floor and cast-iron bars between reveals on second floor. Painted stone doorcase comprising replacement panelled door flanked by engaged Ionic columns with stepped lintel, forming support to moulded surrounds housing plain plate-glass fanlight. Door opens onto polychromatic tiled platform with two original granite steps, bridging basement, enclosed to either side by wrought-iron railings with square wrought-iron piers to corners to south, returning twice to enclose basement, all on moulded granite plinth wall.