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 flat-roofed return to north end of rear. Now in use as college and offices. M-profile artificial slate roof, hipped to north end, having brick parapet with moulded granite coping, shouldered brick chimneystacks to south party wall with octagonal clay pots, and concealed rainwater goods. Flemish bond buff brick walling to front on painted granite plinth course over ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling. Square-headed window openings with painted rendered reveals and painted granite sills; and rendered surround to basement set in segmental-headed recess. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to top floor, and replacement multiple-pane bipartite timber casements to ground and first floors with integrated plain transom lights; and with recent timber glazed door to modified basement opening. Rear has mainly six-over-six pane timber sash windows. Elliptical-headed doorway with rendered reveals, painted stone Greek Doric doorcase with triglyphs, guttae and metopes to entablature, plain fanlight and bolection-moulded twin-panel timber door with replacement brass furniture. Shared sandstone-paved entrance platform with two stages of four and four granite steps, flanked by cast-iron railings on granite plinth. Street boundary has single granite step and decorative cast-iron railings over moulded granite plinth with matching pedestrian gate on decorative round-headed cast-iron piers. Yard to rear of plot, with modernized two-storey mews building to lane.