house — Ely Place Upper

Terraced two-bay four-storey former townhouse over basement, dated 1828, built as part of a terrace of five (50930001-5). Two-storey return over basement abuts to north-side of rear (east) elevation, connected to former mews building with canted south-east corner. Now in commercial use as offices. M-profiled pitched roof with shouldered rendered chimneystacks having lipped clay pots to party walls. Concealed rainwater goods. Buff brick walling laid in Flemish bond over channel-rusticated and rendered basement with granite plinth course over. Square-headed window openings with painted masonry sills, patent reveals and brick voussoirs. Timber sliding sash windows with horns and some panes of historic glass, six-over-six to second floor, six-over-one to ground and first floors, ten-over-ten to basement with steel grille and three-over-three timber casements to third floor. Decorative iron balconettes affixed to sills at first floor. Round-headed door opening with sandstone doorcase comprising moulded linings, prostyle Ionic columns on plinths with egg-and-dart moulding to capitals, rising to moulded cornice over panelled frieze with decorative iron fanlight and raised-and-field timber panelled door. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scraper, four nosed granite steps to street flanked by cast-iron railings with arrow finials on granite plinth enclosing basement well to south. Square-headed plainly detailed entrance door beneath entrance platform with four-pane overlight and replacement timber door, accessed via mild-steel steps to basement well. Street fronted on the eastern side of Ely Place Upper. Altered two-storey mews building linked to rear (east) elevation, addressing Mackies Place.