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Attached two-bay three-storey former house over raised basement, built c. 1815 as one of terrace of twelve (Nos. 4-15) within longer row of similar houses, and having two and three-storey return to south end of rear. Now in office use. M-profile roof, hipped to south end, having brick parapet with moulded granite coping, shouldered rendered chimneystacks to north party wall with clay pots, and concealed rainwater goods. Flemish bond buff brick walling to upper floors on painted masonry plinth course over rendered basement walling; rendered walling to rear. Square-headed window openings with patent reveals and painted granite sills, and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with some ogee horns added; recent glazed timber door to recessed segmental-headed former window opening. Timber sash windows to rear, six-over-six pane to upper floors, with round-headed window to south bay. Elliptical-headed doorway with painted moulded surround and stone doorcase comprising pro-style fluted Doric columns, plain entablature, decorative leaded fanlight and bolection-moulded two-panel timber door with beaded muntin and brass furniture. Shared granite-paved entrance platform with two stages of five and five bull-nosed steps, flanked by decorative cast-iron railings on moulded plinth. Street frontage bounded by wrought-iron and replacement metal railings on moulded granite plinth. Wrought-iron pedestrian gate set to decorative wrought-iron openwork piers. Granite step to street. Plain square-headed doorway beneath entrance platform. Yard to rear of plot, with modernized two-storey mews building to lane.

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