house — Harcourt Street

Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former house, built c. 1830, with full-height return to rear (east) elevation. Later in use as hospital, now in use as hotel. M-profile pitched roof, hipped to north end, hidden behind ashlar granite parapet with moulded cornice and granite coping. Rendered chimneystacks to south party wall having granite cornices and yellow clay pots, parapet gutters, cast-iron rainwater goods breaking through to south-end. Lead-lined flat roof to return. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with raised granite strip quoins to north-end, channelled granite walling to ground floor and painted walls to basement. Rendered walls to rear (east) elevation. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, largely projecting granite sills and continuous granite sill course to first floor. Replacement six-over-six timber sliding sash windows with horns, three-over-six to third floor of principal elevation (west) having steel grilles affixed. Tripartite opening to basement with panelled granite mullions, surrounds with deep granite lintel course over and uPVC windows. Round-headed door opening with channelled granite reveals having cast-iron Scamozzian Ionic columns on plinth stops, supporting panelled frieze and cornice with decorative cast-iron petal fanlight. Panelled linings to recessed doorway with studded timber panelled door having brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scrapers and curved granite steps, flanked by cast-iron railings topped with anthemion finials, over carved granite plinth, enclosing basement well to south-end. Street-fronted, located on east side of Harcourt Street, abutted by matching terraces to south, Nos. 85-3 (50920236-8).