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. M-profiled, hipped to north of rear (east) span, concealed by brick parapet with masonry coping. Brick chimneystacks over rendered base to south party wall with lipped yellow clay pots. Parapet gutters with cast-iron hopper and downpipe (replacements) breaking through to north side. Brown brick walling laid in Flemish bond, rendered walling to basement beneath granite plinth course. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, rendered reveals and largely cast-concrete sills; granite surrounds to basement opening. Largely six-over-six possibly original timber sliding sash windows with some historic glass, eight-over-eight to basement and three-over-three replacement timber casements to third floor. Cast-iron balconettes to first floor openings and cast-iron grille to basement opening. Round-headed door opening with brick voussoirs, moulded reveals and recessed surround containing a panelled frieze and moulded cornice carried on Ionic columns over plinth stops, spoked fanlight and raised-and-field timber panelled door with replacement brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scraper, approached by four 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. Street fronted on eastern side of Fitzwilliam Street Upper. Modernised flat-roofed two-storey mews building to rear (east). Roughcast and painted boundary wall lining Lad Lane with round-headed carriage-arch and separate pedestrian door opening having metal-sheeted and timber gates respectively.