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Temple Street Children's University Hospital

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Temple Street Children's University Hospital
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Corner-sited former pair of four-storey houses over exposed basements, built c.1780, having three-bay ground floors and two-bay upper floors. Now part of children's hospital. M-profile natural slate shared roof, with shared rendered chimneystacks and clay pots, hidden behind rendered wall having granite coping. Roughcast rendered walling to front with smooth render surround to painted masonry plinth course over ruled-and-lined rendered basement, smooth rendered walls to side and rear elevations. Remnants of slate-hanging to south end of rear. Square-headed window openings having painted masonry sills, patent rendered reveals and having replacement uPVC windows. Three-centre-arched door opening to northernmost house, having rendered reveal and painted masonry doorcase, with replacement timber panelled door flanked by engaged masonry pilasters, opaque glazed sidelights and engaged responding pilasters supporting timber-encased lintel and plain fanlight with moulded masonry archivolt. Door opens onto granite platform with wrought-iron bootscraper and two granite steps bridging basement. Cast-iron railings atop moulded granite plinths to front boundary.

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