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 two-storey return and addition to south end of rear. Now in commercial office use. M-profile roof, hipped to south end of rear span, having blind brick parapet with masonry coping, parapet gutters, and rendered shouldered chimneystacks with terracotta pots to north. Flemish bond mid-red brick walling on granite plinth course over painted rendered basement walling; rendered to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, having patent reveals, granite sills and brick voussoirs. Timber sliding sash windows, generally with cavetto horns, one-over-one pane to ground and first floors, six-over-six pane to second floor, replacement three-over-three pane to top floor, and fifteen-over-ten pane to basement. Secondary glazing to basement and first floor. 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 batwing fanlight and eleven-panel timber door with 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, with cast-iron gate. Plain square-headed door and window openings beneath entrance platform. Garden to rear, with modernized two-storey rubble stone mews building and yard to rear of plot.