house — Pembroke Street Lower

Attached two-bay three-storey former house over basement, built c. 1810, with three-bays to ground floor. Now in commercial office use. Shallow-pitched roof concealed by brick parapet with masonry coping over and having a chimneystack to north with lipped yellow clay pots. Parapet gutters with cast-iron hopper and downpipe to south side. Red brick walling in Flemish bond over painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling to basement. Unpainted smooth render to north elevation. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, patent reveals and painted granite sills. Largely six-over-six replacement timber sliding sash windows with convex horns, three-over-six to second floor without horns. Windows diminishing in height to upper floor. Decorative cast-iron grille affixed to ground floor window of north-bay. Round-headed door opening with brick voussoirs, moulded rendered reveals and plain timber surrounds with simplified cornice, plain glass fanlight and replacement timber panelled door. Square-headed plainly detailed door opening to basement level with replacement door. Main entrance approached by diamond-tiled pathway, flanked by cast-iron railings with decorative corner posts over painted granite plinth, enclosing basement well to south. Concrete steps to basement. Street fronted on the east side of Pembroke Street Lower.