house — Mount Street Upper

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1825 as part of terrace of six (Nos. 27-32), having two-storey return to rear with hipped roof, and further flat-roofed storey added to south end. Now in use as apartments. M-profile pitched slate roof, having parapet with granite coping and parapet gutters, shouldered brick chimneystack with yellow clay pots, and shared replacement aluminium downpipe. Brown brick walling laid in Flemish bond, rebuilt above voussoir level of first floor, on granite plinth course over painted ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with granite sills, patent reveals and brick voussoirs. Round-headed stairs window to rear. Timber sliding sash windows throughout, six-over-six pane to ground, first and second floors with cavetto horns (missing glazing bar to ground floor), three-over-three pane to top floor and ten-over-ten pane to basement. Decorative wrought-iron balconettes to first floor, wrought-iron window-guards to second floor and steel grille to basement. Rear elevation has three-over-three pane to top floor and eight-over-eight pane to lower floors. Elliptical-headed doorway with moulded surround, painted masonry doorcase with pro-style fluted Doric columns, entablature, decorative peacock's tail fanlight and replacement eleven-panel timber door. Granite entrance platform with ornate wrought-iron boot-scrape and six granite steps. Decorative spear-headed cast-iron railings on painted moulded granite plinth enclosing basement area. Wrought-iron gate and concrete steps provide access to basement area. Square-headed door opening beneath entrance platform with replacement door. carparking to rear of plot.