house — Holles Street

Attached four-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1800, having three-storey return to rear. Now in use as offices. Pitched roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rooflights to rear, rebuilt red brick parapet to front with masonry coping, rendered chimneystacks to north and south ends with concrete copings, concealed gutters, and with cast-iron and replacement uPVC rainwater goods to rear, and with pitched roof to return. Flemish bond buff brick walling over painted rendered basement walling, wetdashed render to south elevation and ruled-and-lined render to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted masonry sills, painted rendered reveals, unpainted reveals to rear, round-headed openings to return, replacement bipartite timber casements to ground and first floors with integrated fixed over and lower lights, and replacement uPVC windows to upper floors and basement, latter having steel grilles. Some timber sliding sash windows to rear, one-over-one pane to first floor, three-over-three pane to top floor. Elliptical-headed doorcase with painted rendered surrounds having plain pilasters with simple scrolled consoles, vermiculated archivolt, panelled pilasters to doorway, dentillated lintel cornice, replacement fanlight and sidelights, and replacement eight-panel timber door with painted door furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot-scrape and two steps to street. Decorative cast-iron railings on granite plinths enclosing basement areas. Recent doors to basement beneath entrance platform. Rendered wall enclosing rear yard.