Drummond House — Martin's Row

Terraced three-bay three-storey former house over basement, built c.1820, as one of pair. Probably originally two-bay with third bay added in following decades. Full-height rear return. Later in use as orphanage, now in use as flats. Double-pile artificial slate roof, hipped to west and set behind parapet wall. Large shouldered rendered chimneystack to east, shared with adjoining house. Decorative lead hopper and downpipe breaking through parapet to east (shared with adjoining house). Hand-made red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with lime pointing. Painted masonry string course over painted rendered basement walls. Gauged brick flat-arch window openings with painted flush rendered reveals, painted granite sills and replacement uPVC windows. Gauged brick round-arch door opening with painted masonry doorcase. Early timber door with six raised-and-fielded panels flanked by panelled pilasters and console brackets embellished with fish scales supporting fluted and stepped lintel cornice and surmounted by replacement glazed fanlight. Door opens onto granite platform and five granite steps enclosed by original wrought-iron railings, swept to east, and terminating in curtails, that to west having urn finial. Rear elevation abutted by full-height red brick return, encroaching on rear site of adjoining house (to west), possibly dating from late nineteenth century. Elevated front garden, now paved in tarmacadam and steep access with concrete block retaining wall to drive and tall calp limestone rubble wall to street. Former pedestrian access descends via concrete steps with steel pedestrian door opening onto footpath.