house — Harrington Street

Terraced two-bay three-storey former house over basement, built c. 1870, as one of terrace of four. Now in use as apartments. Hipped roof, set perpendicular to street, partially hidden behind red brick parapet having cut granite coping, stepped brick cornice and white brick stringcourse. Polychrome brick chimneystacks, with some clay pots. Red brick, laid in Flemish bond, to wall to front (south) elevation. Masonry plinth course over lined-and-ruled render to basement walls. Rendered walls to rear (north) elevation. Segmental- and square-headed window openings having cut granite sills, chamfered reveals, polychrome brick detail to voussoirs, terminating in carved stops, and mixed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash and replacement windows. Paired windows to ground floor. Round-headed door opening with stepped chamfered and bull-nosed brick reveal, black brick detail to voussoirs terminating in carved stops. Plain fanlight to timber panelled door. Cut granite steps having cast-iron boot-scrape to platform, flanked by cast-iron railings with wrought-iron handrail. Recent steps to basement having replacement railings. Some polychrome tiles visible under recent concrete surface to path. Cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lis finials set on granite plinth wall to front, round-headed cast-iron panels having anthemion finials flanking entrance, gate missing. Brick pier to west.