house — North Circular Road

Terraced two-bay three-storey house over exposed basement, built c.1830, as one of terrace of four similar houses. M-profile slate roof, hipped to east end of rear pitch and set behind parapet wall with granite coping and shared cast-iron hopper and downpipe breaking through to west. Shared stepped chimneystacks to west party wall, yellow brick to front, rendered to rear and further rendered stack rising from east gable, all having clay pots. Yellow brick walls laid in Flemish bond, to front and rear, set on painted granite plinth course to front over rendered walls to basement level. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings with painted reveals, granite sills and early replacement timber sliding sash windows, eight-over-eight pane to basement and ground floor, and six-over-six pane to first and second floors. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor and cast-iron grille to basement. Timber sliding sash windows to rear elevation, with round-headed opening to stairs. Gauged brick segmental-headed door opening with moulded surround and painted masonry Ionic doorcase. Original flat-panelled timber door flanked by engaged Ionic columns on plinth blocks supporting panelled lintel cornice and original petal fanlight. Door opens onto extended granite platform with cast-iron bootscraper and six nosed granite steps enclosed by original wrought-iron railing. Front garden enclosed to street by original wrought-iron railing on low rendered wall with granite coping and matching pedestrian gate. Rear site enclosed by tall rubble stone wall raised in concrete block.