house — Herbert Place

Attached two-bay three-storey former house over raised basement, built c. 1815 as one of pair (Nos. 23-24) within longer row of similar houses, and having two-storey flat-roofed return to north end of rear with single-storey addition. Now in office use. M-profile roof artificial slate roof, hipped to north end, having brick parapet with moulded granite coping, ashlar platband, shouldered brick chimneystacks to south party wall with clay pots, and concealed rainwater goods. Re-faced Flemish bond red brick walling on painted masonry plinth over painted ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling. Square-headed window openings, with painted rendered reveals and painted granite sills; rendered surround to basement opening to front, set in segmental-headed recess. Timber sliding sash windows, one-over-one pane to middle floors and six-over-six pane to top floor, with ogee horns, ten-over-ten pane to basement without horns. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor, wrought-iron window-guards to top floor, and steel grille to interior of basement. Elliptical-headed doorway with moulded rendered surround and painted stone doorcase comprising fluted Doric columns, entablature with laurel wreaths to frieze, decorative fanlight and replacement four-panel timber door with brass furniture. Shared granite entrance platform with decorative cast-iron boot-scrape and two stages of six and six bull-nosed granite steps flanked by decorative cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth. Decorative cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth to street, with matching pedestrian gate to round-headed cast-iron openwork piers. Additions to rear of plot, and modernized two-storey rubble stone mews building to lane.