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Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c. 1850, as one of pair. Return to rear elevation. M-profile pitched slate roof, partly hidden behind parapet with granite coping. Brown brick chimneystacks having red brick bands and terracotta pots. Brown brick, laid in Flemish bond, with granite quoins to front (south) elevation, and plinth course over lined-and-ruled rendered wall to basement. Rendered wall to rear. Square-headed window openings with granite sills and two-over-two pane, eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash and replacement windows. Some timber panelled shutters visible internally. Elliptical-headed door opening to front having moulded render surround. Timber doorcase with composite pilasters supporting carved cornice having block modillions and leaded decorative fanlight. Timber panelled door. Shared granite platform and steps, flanked by cast-iron railings. Square-headed door openings to basement and to rear, timber battened door and overlight, one blocked. Granite steps to basement. Cast-iron railings on granite plinth wall enclosing yard to front.

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