house — Fitzwilliam Street Upper

Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1830, with three-stage return to rear (east). Now in use as offices. M-profiled roof, hipped to south of rear (east) span, concealed by brick parapet with granite coping. Rendered chimneystacks to north party wall with lipped octagonal-profile clay pots. Parapet gutters with cast-iron downpipe to north end. Brown brick walling laid in Flemish bond, rusticated ashlar granite walling to ground floor with granite plinth course over tooled ashlar limestone walling to basement. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, patent reveals and masonry sills; granite surrounds to basement opening and rusticated granite to ground floor. Largely replacement six-over-six timber sliding sash windows with convex horns, one-over-one to basement, three-over-three replacement timber casements to third floor. Wrought-iron guard rails to second floor, decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor openings and steel grille to basement. Round-headed door opening with moulded reveals and recessed surround containing panelled frieze with garlands and moulded cornice carried on half-fluted Doric columns over plinth stops, with spoked fanlight and raised-and-field timber panelled door having beaded-muntin and replacement brass furniture. Shared granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scraper, approached by two granite steps, flanked by iron railings to north with decorative arrow-headed finials on granite plinth, enclosing basement well. Coal-hole cover to pavement. Street fronted on eastern side of Fitzwilliam Street Upper. Modernised (or replacement) two-storey mews building to rear (east) plot. Segmental-headed carriage-arch to Lad Lane having brick voussoirs, coursed and squared limestone piers and granite and brick coping, abutted by squared limestone rubble wall to south, having square-headed pedestrian opening with red brick voussoirs.