house — Herbert Street

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1840 within longer row of similar houses, having two-storey hipped return to south end of rear. Now in commercial office use. M-profile roof, hipped to south end, having brick parapet with masonry coping and parapet gutters. Shouldered brick chimneystacks to north. Shared cast-iron hopper and downpipe. Flemish bond red brick walling on painted granite plinth course over painted rendered basement walling. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted masonry sills, painted rendered reveals and brick voussoirs. Timber sliding sash windows, largely with profiled horns, three-over-three pane to top floor, one-over-one pane to ground floor and basement having ogee horns, and six-over-six pane to middle floors. First floor openings have scalloped, panelled and scrolled trimmings to window heads and decorative cast-iron balconettes. 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 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 moulded surround and masonry doorcase comprising pro-style Ionic columns, entablature with plain fanlight and six-panel timber door with beaded muntin and brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot-scrape and three bull-nosed granite steps. Decorative cast-iron railings on painted moulded granite plinth enclosing basement area. Cast-iron gate and concrete steps lead down to basement. Yard to rear, with two-storey mews building to rear of plot extended to lane side.