house — Herbert Place

Corner-sited two-bay four-storey former house over raised basement, built c. 1835 as one of terrace of four (Nos. 25-28), with recent five-storey office block attached to rear. Now in office use. M-profile roof, hipped to south end, having terracotta ridge tiles, brick parapet with moulded granite coping, ashlar platband and granite blocking course. Shouldered brick chimneystacks to north gable with terracotta pots. Concealed rainwater goods, and replacement uPVC downpipe to rear. Flemish bond buff brick walling (of same shade as No. 27) to upper floors with rusticated granite quoins to northeast corner, on granite plinth course over painted rusticated rendered basement walling; smooth rendered walling to north elevation. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floor, with painted rendered reveals and granite sills; rendered surrounds to basement openings, set in segmental-headed recess to front elevation. Timber sliding sash windows with convex horns, six-over-three pane to top floor, ten-over-ten pane to basement and six-over-six pane elsewhere; rear elevation as per front and side, but with some Wyatt-style windows to ground and first floors, and eight-over-eight pane windows to basement level. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to first and second floors of front and rear elevations, and wrought-iron grilles to basement. Round-headed doorway with painted moulded surround and stone doorcase comprising half-fluted Doric columns, entablature with laurel wreaths to keyed frieze, decorative leaded fanlight and replacement twelve-panel timber door with brass furniture. Shared granite entrance platform with decorative cast-iron boot-scrape and two stages of six and eight bull-nosed granite steps flanked by decorative cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth. Plain square-headed door and diminutive window opening beneath entrance platform. Decorative spear-headed cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth to street, with matching pedestrian gate on round-headed cast-iron openwork piers. Steel gate to rear of plot on Herbert Lane.