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Semi-detached two-bay three-storey house over basement, built 1830, as one of pair, with single-storey bay to side (north) elevation. M-profile hipped slate roof having terracotta ridge tiles, concealed by rendered parapet with stucco scrolls having anthropomorphic and foliate decoration, rendered chimneystacks with clay pots. Hipped slate roof to side bay, concealed by rendered parapet having laurel wreath panels. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls, render pilasters to second floor, moulded masonry cornices. Ionic pilasters and entablature to ground floor, rendered plinth course over basement. Round-headed niche with stone sill to ground floor. Fluted Doric columns supporting frieze having triglyphs and metopes, with casts of fighting lapiths and centaurs, having moulded cornice, to front of side bay. Square-headed window openings with moulded render surrounds, those to first floor having shallow pediments over scrolled consoles and cornices, those to ground floor and basement with stone sills. Continuous masonry sill course to first and second floor windows openings. Three-over-three pane, six-over-six pane, and ten-over-ten pane timber sliding sash windows. Elliptical-headed door opening having moulded masonry surround. Doorcase comprising decorative pilasters and panelled cornice. Leaded fanlight, timber panelled door, granite step. Cast-iron gate to front of house, matching railings set on granite plinth wall.

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