house — Herbert Place

Attached two-bay three-storey former house over raised basement, built c. 1815 as one of twelve (Nos. 4-15) within longer row of similar houses, with 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. Re-faced Flemish bond red brick walling on masonry plinth course over ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling; rendered to rear. Square-headed window openings with painted rendered reveals and granite sills; and rendered surround to basement opening to front set in segmental-headed recess. Replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, with convex horns to top floor, and replacement uPVC to basement. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to top two floors. Apparently timber sash windows to rear, six-over-six pane to top floor and one-over-one pane to lower floors, with round-headed window to south bay. Elliptical-headed doorway with moulded stone surround and stone doorcase comprising pro-style columns with Scamozzian capitals, entablature with laurel wreaths to panelled frieze, decorative peacock's tail fanlight and bolection-moulded two-panel timber door with beaded muntin and brass furniture. Shared granite-paved entrance platform with two stages of four and four granite steps, flanked by decorative cast-iron railing on moulded granite plinth. Street frontage bounded by decorative cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth. Round-headed openwork cast-iron piers to decorative cast-iron pedestrian gate, with single granite step to street. Plain square-headed doorway beneath entrance platform. Yard to rear and recent two-storey mews building to lane.