house — North Great George's Street

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over exposed basement, built 1786. Now in use as multiple-occupancy dwelling. Single-storey rendered addition to rear with coursed stone boundary wall to yard. Pitched slate roof behind refurbished parapet with rendered coping. Shared red brick and rendered chimneystacks with clay pots. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods throughout. Flemish bond red brick walls with lime mortar pointing and granite plinth. Rusticated granite walls with recessed, rendered plinth to basement. Front elevation of third floor rebuilt in Flemish bond red brick at later date. Diminishing square-headed window openings with gauged red brick voussoirs, rendered reveals and granite sills. Replacement timber sliding sash windows throughout, nine-over-six pane to lower two floors, six-over-six pane to second floor and basement, and three-over-three pane to top floor. Bow-fronted cast-iron balconettes to first floor. Round-headed door opening with painted tooled stone doorcase, comprising moulded surround, engaged Ionic columns on plinth blocks surmounted by lintel, with hunting horn and bow ornamentation, and cornice surmounted by replacement peacock fanlight and concaved stuccoed archivolt. Timber panelled door opening onto granite platform with cast-iron bootscraper and stepped approach bridging basement area. Approach flanked by rendered pilasters, moulded granite plinth with wrought-iron railings enclosing basement area and matching gate giving access to basement via granite steps with cast-iron and steel handrail.