house — Harcourt Street

Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1800 as a pair with No. 4 and now incorporated into adjacent hotel, with front railed basement area. Hipped slate roof with ridge set perpendicular to street and shouldered buff brick chimneystack with lipped terracotta pots to south party wall, shared with adjoining building. Roof hidden behind parapet wall with granite coping. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond, rebuilt in machine-made red brick to third floor. Ruled-and-lined rendered wall to basement below chamfered granite course. Gauged brick flat-arch window openings with patent rendered reveals, granite sills and replacement timber sash windows without horns. Gauged brick round-headed door opening with masonry doorcase comprising timber door with four flat panels and brass furniture flanked by flat panelled pilasters and fish-scale console brackets supporting fluted lintel cornice with plain glazed fanlight and scalloped surround. Door opens on to granite platform and two granite steps enclosed by replacement iron railings set on moulded granite plinth. Granite steps and iron balustrade provides access to basement.