house — Fitzwilliam Street Upper

Attached two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1820, with two-stage return to rear (east). Now in use as offices. Pitched roof to west, irregular M-profiled hipped roofs to rear (east) span, concealed by brick parapet with masonry coping. Shouldered rendered chimneystacks to south party wall with replacement clay pots. Parapet gutters. 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 some historic glass; largely six-over-six, three-over-three to third floor with convex horns and eight-over-eight to basement. Wrought-iron guard rails to second floor openings, cast-iron balconettes to first floor and cast-iron 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 replacement spoked leaded fanlight and raised-and-field timber panelled door. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scraper, 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 recent mews building to rear forming eastern boundary on Lad Lane.