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 with irregular M-profiled hipped roofs to rear (east), concealed by brick parapet with masonry coping. Rendered chimneystacks to party walls with lipped yellow clay pots. Parapet gutters with cast-iron hopper and downpipe to south end. Red brick walling laid in Flemish bond over rendered walling to basement beneath granite plinth course. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, rendered reveals and masonry sills, granite surrounds to basement. Largely six-over-six possibly original timber sliding sash windows, three-over-three to third floor and eight-over-eight to basement, replacement one-over-one to ground floor with chamfered horns. Iron guard rails to second floor, continuous cast-iron balconette to first floor and cast-iron grille to basement opening. 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, spoked fanlight and raised-and-field timber panelled door with brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scraper, approached by six 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. Recent mews building to rear (east) and replacement boundary wall lining Lad Lane.