house — Herbert Street

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1840 as one of terrace of five (Nos. 7-11) within longer row of similar houses, and having three-storey flat-roofed return to north end of rear. Now in commercial office use. M-profile roof, hipped to north end of front span, having blind brick parapet with masonry coping, parapet gutters, cast-iron hopper and downpipe to north, and rendered shouldered chimneystacks to south end with terracotta pots. Flemish bond red brick walling on granite plinth course over painted ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling; rendered walling to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted rendered reveals, painted masonry sills and brick voussoirs. Timber sliding sash windows with cavetto horns, three-over-three pane to top floor, six-over-six pane to middle floors, late nineteenth-century bipartite timber casement to ground floor with leaded stained-glass transom light, and one-over-one pane to basement. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor, wrought-iron window-guards to second floor, and steel grille to basement. Timber sash windows to rear, three-over-three pane to top floor, south bay having eight-over-eight pane window to second floor and tripartite six-over-six pane below. Round-headed doorway with render surround and painted masonry doorcase comprising pro-style Ionic columns, plain entablature, leaded peacock's tail fanlight and eleven-panel timber door with replacement brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with decorative cast-iron boot-scrape and five convex bull-nosed granite steps. Basement area enclosed by decorative cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth. Plain square-headed doorway beneath entrance platform. Cast-iron gate and concrete steps lead down to basement. Garden to rear, with modernized two-storey mews building and yard to rear of plot.