house — North Circular Road

End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey two-pile house over raised basement, built c. 1880 as one of terrace of nine (others are two-bay), having full-height and two-storey returns to rear (north) elevation. M-profile pitched slate roof, hipped to east end of rear pile, having clay ridge tiles and granite verges on moulded kneelers to west end, red brick chimneystacks having clay pots to east and west ends and to return, profiled cast-iron gutter supported on gauged yellow brick brackets, cast-iron downpipe to side (west) elevation. Red brick walling to upper floors, laid in Flemish bond, over granite plinth course; snecked limestone walls to basement with rusticated quoins to west; yellow brick stringcourse to first floor window head level and granite quoins to west end; red brick laid in English garden wall bond with yellow brick stringcourse and granite quoins to side elevation; rendered with red brick block-and-start quoins to rear. Square-headed window openings with granite sills and replacement aluminium windows; those to basement having red brick block-and-start quoins. Round-headed principal doorway with carved timber doorcase comprising panelled pilasters having scrolled brackets supporting timber frieze, dentillated cornice and plain fanlight, and having timber panelled door; square-headed doorway to basement with red brick block-and-start surround. Flight of thirteen nosed granite steps and granite platform, with wrought-iron handrails having cast-iron uprights to each side. Garden to front, bounded by decorative cast-iron railings on masonry plinth with decorative cast-iron pedestrian gate on ornate piers; replacement brick wall with vehicular gate to west end of front boundary.