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house — Harcourt Street

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Terraced double-pile two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1800, with two-storey return to rear (east) elevation. Now in use as offices. M-profile pitched roof, flat to rear span, hidden behind refaced brick parapet with granite coping, rendered chimneystack to north party wall with yellow clay pots, parapet gutters and cast-iron downpipe to south-end. Buff brick walls laid in Flemish bond over granite plinth course, rendered walls to basement. Roughcast rendered walls to rear (east) elevation. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, patent reveals and masonry sills. Replacement six-over-six timber sliding sashes with ogee horns, nine-over-six to first floor, three-over-three to third floor. Round-headed window opening to north-bay of rear with multi-paned timber sash. Round-headed door opening having moulded linings, engaged Ionic columns supporting fluted frieze with paterae and cornice, plain glass fanlight and replacement timber-panelled door with brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scrapers and granite steps flanked by cast-iron railings with decorative corner posts on granite plinth, enclosing basement area to south. Cast-iron coal hole cover to pavement to front. Street-fronted, located on east side of Harcourt Street.

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