house — Harcourt Street

Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built 1862, with two-stage flat-roofed return to rear (east) and mansard roofed attic storey added. Now in use as offices. Mansard roof with rooflights, concealed behind cogged red brick parapet having projecting brick eaves course on brick brackets with granite coping. Rendered chimneystacks with yellow clay pots to north party wall, concealed rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with granite plinth course over snecked ashlar limestone walls to basement. Largely square-headed window openings, segmental-headed openings to third floor and basement; with brick voussoirs, brick reveals and projecting granite sills; block-and-start brick surrounds to basement. Six-over-six sliding timber sashes with horns, three-over-three to third floor, eight-over-four to basement having cast-iron guard affixed. Round-headed Romanesque-Revival door opening with brick voussoirs, engaged chevron ornamented colonnettes with foliate capitals, nail-headed archivolt and masked figurative keystone, stepped reveals with toothed and rope mouldings having foliate keystone. Ornate carved-timber pilasters supporting carved-timber fascia with ivy-leaf ornament and cornice, leaded cobwebbed fanlight and timber panelled door with central beaded moulding and brass furniture. Shared granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scraper and nosed granite steps, flanked by decorative cast-iron railings on carved granite plinth, enclosing basement area to north. Street-fronted, located on east side of Harcourt Street.