house — Pembroke Street Lower

Attached two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1850, with two-stage return to rear. Now in use as offices. M-profiled roof, concealed by brick parapet with granite coping, pair of brick chimneystacks to party walls with yellow clay pots. Parapet gutters and replacement plastic downpipe to south end. Yellow-brown brick walling laid in Flemish bond over painted rendered walling to basement beneath painted granite plinth course. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, patent reveals and painted projecting masonry sills. Wrought-iron guard rails to second floor, cast-iron balconettes to first floor openings. Generally six-over-six sliding timber sash windows with convex horns, six-over-three to third floor, ten-over-ten and four-over-four to basement. Depressed elliptical-headed door opening with brick voussoirs, moulded rendered reveals and recessed surround with plain frieze and moulded cornice carried on Ionic columns over plinth stops, plain bipartite fanlight and raised-and-field timber panelled door with beaded-muntin and replacement brass furniture. Granite entrance platform approached by four granite steps flanked by iron railings with finials on granite plinth, enclosing basement to south-side. Coal-hole cover to pavement. Street fronted on western side of Pembroke Street Lower.