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house — South Frederick Street

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Attached four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1740, having three-bay ground floor and two-bay upper floors, and with slightly lower return to south end of rear. Modified c. 1810 and c. 1840-60. Now in use as offices. Slate roof, having cruciform ridge with valleys, hipped to front, steep gable to rear, and having parapet with stone coping; large brick chimneystack with clay pots to south party wall; and cast-iron and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Gabled roof to return. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling with projecting quoins. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted masonry sills, and ground, first and second floors having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns, recent timber replacements to top floor, and original six-over-six pane to basement with no horns. Rear windows generally six-over-six pane with simple horns and some historic glass, with three-over-three pane to top floor, and some recent replacements. Round-headed entrance accessed via inclined sandstone platform shared with neighbour, having cast-iron boot-scrape, Ionic doorcase with plain entablature, fanlight, nail-headed moulded reveal and six-panel raised-and-fielded timber door with brass furniture. Recent door to basement beneath entrance platform, accessed by modern steel stairs in basement area, latter enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron corner posts, on moulded granite plinth. Recent brick boundary wall to rear.

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