house — North Great George's Street

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over exposed basement, dated 1772. Now in use as hotel. Built as one of pair with No. 1, with recent hotel addition abutting to rear. Pitched slate roof with black clay ridge tiles and lined-and-ruled parapet wall with moulded granite coping concealing gutters. Cast-iron rainwater goods and shared stepped red brick chimneystack with clay pots. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls with moulded granite plinth course over basement. Diminishing square-headed window openings with articulated ruled-and-lined rendered surrounds, patent rendered reveals and painted granite sills. Replacement timber sliding sash windows throughout, nine-over-six pane to lower two floors, six-over-six pane to second floor and three-over-three pane to top floor and to basement. Round-headed door opening within painted pedimented tooled limestone doorcase with engaged Tuscan columns on plinth blocks, stepped lintel and paired entablatures surmounted by broken bed pediment housing replacement spoked fanlight. Replacement timber panelled door opening onto granite-flagged platform with granite stepped approach bridging basement area. Approach flanked by moulded granite plinth walls with cast-iron railings with urn finials. Railing encloses basement area with matching iron gate giving access to basement area. Interior extensively renovated in twentieth century.