house — Herbert Street

Corner-sited two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1835 as one of pair (Nos. 1-2) within row of similar houses. Now in use as apartments. M-profile pitched slate roof, hipped to north end, behind brick parapet with granite coping, shouldered rendered chimneystacks to south with clay pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods to rear and north elevations. Flemish bond yellow-brown brick walls on granite plinth course over painted rendered basement walling; rendered to north and rear elevations, with granite quoins. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with rendered reveals and painted granite sills. Timber sliding sash windows, three-over-three pane to top floor, fifteen-over-fifteen pane to basement and six-over-six pane elsewhere; rear elevation has three-over-three pane to top floor, round-headed stairs windows to north bay (six-over-six bay to second floor) and south bay has eight-over-eight bay to second floor and tripartite six-over-six bay to ground and first floors. Front has decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor, wrought-iron window-guards to second floor and wrought-iron grille to basement. Round-headed doorcase with render surround, plain frieze and cornice, engaged Ionic columns, plain fanlight and six-panel timber door with brass furniture. Granite platform with remnant cast-iron boot-scrape and five bull-nosed granite steps. Decorative cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth enclosing basement area, with cast-iron gate. Cast-iron coal-hole covers set in granite flags to footpath.