house — Herbert Place

Attached 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 to rear of north end straddling plot of No. 28. Now in office use. M-profile roof, hipped to north end, having brick parapet with moulded granite coping, ashlar platband and granite blocking course, shouldered brick chimneystacks to south party wall with terracotta pots, concealed rainwater goods, and with replacement uPVC downpipe to rear. Flemish bond buff brick walling (of same shade as No. 28) to upper floors on granite plinth course over painted rendered rusticated basement; smooth rendered painted basement to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with rendered reveals and granite sills; rendered surround to basement opening at front, set in segmental-headed recess. Rendered to basement at rear. 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. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to first and second floors and wrought-iron grilles to basement. Timber sash windows to rear, six-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane below. Round-headed doorway with painted render surround and stone doorcase comprising half-fluted Doric columns, entablature with laurel wreaths to keyed frieze, leaded decorative fanlight and timber panelled 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 over moulded granite plinth to corner plot on street, with matching pedestrian gate to round-headed cast-iron openwork piers. Narrow yard to south end of rear.