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Semi-detached five-bay two-storey former house, built c. 1890, now converted to apartments. Square-plan with two-bay gabled projection, quarter-engaged single-storey octagonal garden room to southeast; projecting ground floor to east and central bays containing integral porch beneath balustraded balcony; shared single-storey return to north. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with terracotta ridge crestings and hip tiles, red brick chimneystacks having plinth and corniced caps, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods and ogee profile gutters. Red brick walling laid in Flemish bond on plinth course with cement-rendered base, moulded brick stringcourse and cornice, key blocked oculus to gable, and painted masonry balusters and concrete coping to balcony. Square-headed window openings with plain reveals, granite sills and replacement uPVC windows. Elliptical-headed porch opening having keystone, moulded imposts and archivolt; fielded painted timber door with transom light, glazed side panel and brass knob opening onto tiled porch; seven granite steps to street level flanked by brick plinth walls. Wedge-shaped site to west side of Botanic Road, with small front garden enclosed by decorative wrought-iron gate and railings on concrete plinth wall with brick piers having concrete copings.

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