house — Herbert Street

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1840 as one of pair (Nos. 14-15) within longer row of similar houses, and having two-storey hipped roof return to south end of rear. Now in commercial office use. M-profile slate roof, hipped to south end of rear, having brick parapet with granite coping and parapet gutters. Shouldered rendered chimneystack to north. Shared cast-iron downpipe and hopper. Flemish bond red brick walling on granite plinth course over painted ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling; rendered to basement at rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted masonry sills, patent reveals and brick voussoirs. Timber sliding sash windows with convex horns, replacement three-over-three pane to top floor, one-over-one pane to ground floor with ogee horns, replacement eighteen-over-twelve pane to basement, and six-over-six pane to middle floors. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor and wrought-iron window-guards to second floor. Timber sash windows to rear, three-over-three pane to top floor, south bay having round-headed six-over-six pane window and north bay having eight-over-eight pane window to second floor and tripartite six-over-six pane below. Round-headed doorway with painted render surround and masonry doorcase comprising pro-style Ionic columns supporting plain entablature, peacock's tail fanlight and six-panel timber door with recent furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot-scrape and three bull-nosed granite steps. Decorative cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth enclosing basement area, with cast-iron gate. Yard to rear, with modernized two-storey mews building to rear of plot with recent extension to lane side.