house — North Great George's Street

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over exposed basement, built 1773, with two-storey bowed addition to rear elevation. Now in use as crèche and offices. Pitched slate roof behind parapet wall with moulded granite coping, concealed gutters and cast-iron rainwater goods. Partially rendered red brick chimneystacks with clay pots, shared with neighbouring houses. Flemish bond red brick walls with recent wigged pointing, moulded granite plinth course and rendered walls to basement. Third floor walling rebuilt at later date in English garden wall bond. Square-headed window openings with gauged red brick voussoirs, patent rendered reveals and granite sills. Early replacement timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to basement, ground, first and second floors and three-over-three pane to top floor. Round-headed door opening within pedimented tooled limestone doorcase, comprising moulded surround with scrolled keystone, engaged Tuscan columns on plinth blocks surmounted by stepped lintel with cornice and entablature forming support to open-bed pediment housing original spoked timber-framed fanlight. Replacement timber panelled door opening onto flagstone platform with granite stepped approach bridging basement area. Approach flanked by moulded granite plinth wall with mixed cast and wrought-iron railings, enclosing basement area. Wrought-iron gate to granite staircase giving access to basement area with recent wrought-iron handrail.