house — Herbert Street

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1840 as one of pair (Nos. 16-17) within longer row of similar houses, having two and three-storey return to south end of rear, with further large flat-roofed single-storey addition. Now in commercial office use. M-profile roof, hipped to south end of rear, having brick parapet with masonry coping and parapet gutters. Shouldered brick chimneystack to north. Shared cast-iron hopper and downpipe to south end, and replacement uPVC to north end. Flemish bond red brick walling on granite plinth course over painted ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted masonry sills, patent reveals and brick voussoirs. Timber sliding sash windows having profiled horns, twelve-over-twelve pane and recent timber casement to basement, and one-over-one pane elsewhere. Decorative canted 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 window and north bay having eight-over-eight pane window to second floor and tripartite windows below. Round-headed doorway with painted moulded surround and masonry doorcase comprising pro-style Ionic columns supporting plain entablature, leaded peacock's tail fanlight and six-panel timber door with beaded muntin and brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot-scrape and four bull-nosed granite steps. Decorative cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth enclosing basement area. Cast-iron gate and concrete steps lead down to basement. Modernized two-storey mews building to rear of plot, extended to lane side.