house — Mount Street Lower

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1815 as one of terrace (Nos. 15-21, interlinked in 1904 with Nos. 19-21), having recent extension to rear. Now in use as apartments. Re-slated hipped roof perpendicular to street, with terracotta ridge tiles, behind brick parapet with granite coping over brick soldier course. Two shouldered rendered chimneystacks to east with yellow clay pots. Parapet gutters, and shared cast-iron downpipes. Flemish bond buff brick walling with recent wigged pointing on granite plinth course over painted ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with patent reveals and granite sills. Timber sliding sash windows, hornless above basement level, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane to lower floors with some replacement, and horned tripartite six-over-six pane to basement with steel grille. Round-headed door opening with painted moulded surround, painted masonry doorcase comprising moulded cornice and fluted frieze over engaged columns with Adamesque Ionic capitals, spoked fanlight and raised-and-fielded ten-panel timber door with brass furniture and recent polished granite step. Shared granite entrance platform with shared decorative cast-iron boot-scrape and five steps to street. Basement area enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron posts on moulded granite plinth. Mild-steel steps to basement with plain door opening beneath entrance platform. Recent apartment block to rear half of plots of Nos. 17-21.