house — Mount Street Upper

Attached three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1810 as one of pair with No. 1, having recent single and two-storey returns to rear, latter shared with No. 3. Now in office use. Pitched artificial slate roof, having rendered shared chimneystacks with octagonal yellow clay pots, roof concealed by parapet with masonry coping, parapet gutters with shared cast-iron downpipe and hopper, and with replacement uPVC rainwater goods to rear. Brown brick Flemish bond walling on painted masonry plinth course over painted ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling; smooth rendered walling to mainly blank rear elevation. Square-headed window openings with painted masonry sills, patent reveals and brick voussoirs. Timber sliding sash windows, diminishing in height to upper floors, six-over-six pane replacements with horns to ground second floors, six-over-six pane hornless to second floor, nine-over-six pane hornless to first floor, recent bipartite timber casements to top floor and replacement uPVC to basement with painted wrought-iron grille. Replacement three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to top floor at rear. Round-headed doorcase with moulded surround, slender panelled pilasters flanking square-headed door opening with foliate console brackets, diamond leaded sidelights over panelled stall-risers, plain frieze and cornice, decorative cobweb fanlight and replacement timber panelled door. Paved granite entrance platform with one step to street. Basement area enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron posts on moulded granite plinth.