Electricity Supply Board — Mount Street Upper

Terraced three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1810 as one of terrace of five, having full-height glazed extension of c. 1980 to rear. Extensively remodelled and in use as offices. Pitched roof to front span, hipped to west end, having brick parapet with granite coping and parapet gutters. Shouldered brick chimneystack to east with terracotta pots. Flemish bond red brick walling, having recent wigged pointing, on masonry plinth course over painted smooth-rendered basement walling. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with patent reveals and masonry sills. Replacement timber sliding sash windows with convex horns, six-over-six pane to ground and second floors, nine-over-six pane to first floor, three over-three to top floor, and three-over-six pane to basement with wrought-iron grilles. Round-headed doorway with stucco surround comprising engaged panelled pilasters with Adamesque Ionic capitals, stepped entablature with swags and rosettes to frieze, sidelights with oval-and-bar-motif, replacement petal fanlight, eight-panel replacement timber door with beaded muntin and brass furniture. Granite paving, inclined to street, with ornate cast-iron boot-scrape. Basement area enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron posts on moulded granite plinth. Square-headed door opening beneath entrance platform. Rear enclosed by late twentieth-century buildings.