house — Fitzwilliam Square

Attached two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1820, as a pair with adjoining building to north (50930117). Two-stage return to rear (east). Now in use as an embassy. Pitched roof to west span, irregular M-profiled hipped roof to east, concealed by brick parapet with granite coping. Pair of rendered chimneystacks to party walls with lipped yellow clay pots. Parapet gutters with cast-iron hopper and downpipe to south side. Tuck pointed buff brick walling laid in Flemish bond over tooled ashlar limestone walling to basement beneath granite plinth course. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, patent reveals and granite sills, with granite surrounds to basement opening. Iron guard-rails to second and third floor openings, continuous decorative cast-iron balconette to first floor and cast-iron grille to basement opening. Largely six-over-six timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns, three-over-three to third floor and eight-over-eight to basement without horns. Round-headed door opening with brick voussoirs, moulded reveals and recessed painted rendered surround containing a prostyle portico with panelled frieze and moulded cornice carried on Ionic columns over plinth stops, petal iron fanlight and raised-and-field timber panelled door with replacement brass furniture. Granite entrance platform approached by seven 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 Fitzwilliam Square East. Recent blockwork wall to eastern boundary on Lad Lane with square-headed pedestrian opening and shared vehicular opening both with steel gates.