house — Fitzwilliam Street Upper

Attached two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1820, with two-storey return to rear (east). Now in use as offices. Pitched roof to west with hipped north section, irregular M-profiled hipped roofs to rear (east) span, concealed by refaced brick parapet with masonry coping. Shouldered brick chimneystacks to south party wall with lipped yellow clay pots. Parapet gutters, cast-iron hopper and downpipe to south end. Brown brick walling laid in Flemish bond, rendered walling to basement beneath granite plinth course. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, patent reveals and masonry sills; granite surrounds to basement opening. Timber sliding sash windows, possibly original with replacement glass; largely six-over-six, three-over-three to third floor, eight-over-eight to basement and one-over-one late-nineteenth century replacement to ground floor with ogee horns. Wrought-iron guard rails to second and third floor openings, cast-iron balconettes to first floor and steel grille to basement. Round-headed door opening with brick voussoirs, moulded reveals and recessed surround containing fluted frieze and moulded cornice carried on Ionic columns over plinth stops, with spoked fanlight and raised-and-field timber panelled door. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scrapers, approached by three granite steps flanked by iron railings with decorative cast-iron corner posts on granite plinth, enclosing basement to south-side. Coal-hole cover to pavement. Mild-steel steps to basement. Street fronted on Fitzwilliam Street Upper. Two-storey replacement (or heavily remodelled) mews building to rear (east) plot and replacement boundary wall on Lad Lane.