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Attached three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1780, having shared two-stage rear return. Now in office use and currently under renovation. Natural slate roof, pitched to front part, behind reconstructed brown brick parapet having masonry coping, rear part has pitched roof to east shared with No. 31 and hipped roof to west, with painted rendered parapet. Shouldered rendered chimneystacks to west party wall with terracotta pots. Concealed gutters and replacement uPVC downpipes. Flemish bond brown brick walling, refaced above first floor sill level, having original colour-washed wig-pointed brickwork to ground floor on splayed granite plinth over partially painted rendered basement walling. Painted rendered walling to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted rendered reveals, painted granite sills and timber sliding sash windows, one-over-one pane with horns to ground and first floors, six-over-six pane to second floor, three-over-three pane to top floor, basement openings blocked; generally six-over-six pane to rear. Decorative wrought-iron balconettes with cast-iron in-fills to first floor. Elliptical-headed door opening having tripartite painted masonry doorcase comprising engaged Adamesque Ionic columns with respond quarter-pilasters, stepped entablature with fluted and rosetted frieze, leaded petal fanlight and sidelights, and eight-panel timber door with weatherboard and brass furniture. Door opens onto concrete platform bridging basement with two steps to street level. Basement enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative wrought and cast-iron corner posts on moulded granite plinth. Separate entrance gate no longer in use and original stairs to basement removed. Basement to west end enclosed by concrete air raid shelter of c. 1940 with flat roof. Timber-sheeted door accesses interior below bridged platform. Casey (2005) notes survival of early joinery and plaster detailing. Rear of plot has carparking and boundary is mainly brick wall with segmental-arch vehicular entrance.

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