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Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1755, modified c. 1810 and restored c. 1995 and having single-pitched four-storey closet return to middle of rear. Half-hipped slate roof on cruciform plan, running perpendicular to street, behind brick parapet with granite coping. Large rendered chimneystack to north of centre with clay pots, and slender brick chimneystack to south of centre. Concealed gutters, cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Flemish bond tuck-pointed brown brick walling, reconstructed to top floor, and painted rendered basement having slate water-table. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with granite sills. Timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to middle floors and basement and three-over-six pane to top floor, with wrought-iron bars to basement openings. Round-headed door opening with sandstone block-and-start surround, early spoked fanlight, moulded cornice and replacement six-panel raised-and-fielded timber door, flanked by three-pane timber-framed fixed sidelights. Granite entrance platform bridging basement, with three granite steps to street level and cast-iron boot-scrape. Basement area enclosed by cast-iron railings on chamfered granite plinth. Building abutted by houses of similar period and style.

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