house — Mount Street Upper

Corner-sited two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1830 as one of terrace of three (Nos. 52-54). Now in use as offices. M-profile pitched slate roof, hipped to west end of rear span, having brick parapet with granite coping and parapet gutters, moulded cornice and platband. Shouldered red brick chimneystacks (rendered to rear) with octagonal clay pots. Cast-iron downpipe to west elevation. Front elevation has Flemish bond red brick walling to upper floors with rusticated granite quoins at northwest, rusticated granite walling to ground floor with projecting moulded granite sill course above and projecting granite course below, over painted tool-faced coursed limestone basement walling; yellow brick walls to side (west) and rear elevations, with large areas apparently rebuilt to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with patent reveals and painted masonry sills, having granite surrounds to front basement and ground floors, plain brick surrounds to side and rear elevations, and two round-headed stairs window openings to rear. Timber sliding sash windows with simple horns, front having two-over-one pane to top floor, ten-over-ten pane to basement and one-over-one pane elsewhere; rear having six-over-three pane to top floor, one-over-one pane to second floor, tripartite six-over-six pane to ground and first floors and six-over-six pane to stairs windows. Ornate cast-iron balcony spanning first floor openings to front, wrought-iron window-guards to some rear windows, and wrought-iron grilles to basement and to lower floors at rear. Round-headed doorcase with moulded surround, masonry columns with Ionic capitals, plain entablature, plain fanlight, and four-panel timber door with beaded muntin and replacement brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with decorative cast-iron boot-scrape and five bull-nosed steps to street. Decorative spear-headed cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth enclosing basement areas, with cast-iron gate. Simple square-headed doorway and two-over-two pane timber sash window with wrought-iron grille under entrance platform. Cast-iron coal-hole to pavement. Rear of plot enclosed by rubble stone wall with recent brick coping, having dressed granite surround to pedestrian doorway to west and cut limestone piers to south with vehicular gate.