house — Fitzwilliam Place

Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1825, as a group with Nos. 5-7 Fitzwilliam Place (50930133-5). Two-stage return to rear. Now in use as offices. M-profiled slate roof, hipped to south, concealed by ashlar granite parapet with moulded cornice and coping, pair of brick shouldered chimneystacks to north party wall with replacement lipped clay pots. Parapet gutters with cast-iron hopper and downpipe breaking through to north end. Red-brick walling laid in Flemish bond, rusticated ashlar granite walling to ground floor over coursed ashlar limestone walling to basement beneath granite stringcourse. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, rendered reveals and projecting granite sills. Cast-iron balconettes (possibly mild-steel replacements) to second floor openings and cast-iron grille affixed to basement opening. One-over-one sliding timber sash windows with cavetto horns, possible multi-paned original to basement. Round-headed door opening with rendered engaged Scamozzian-Ionic pilasters and surrounds, framed by distyle prostyle portico with matching columns, having a plain frieze and moulded cornice rising to petal fanlight over six-panelled timber door with beaded-muntin and brass furniture. Shared granite entrance platform approached by six bull-nosed granite steps flanked by cast-iron railings with arrow-head finials, enclosing basement to north-side. Coal-hole cover to pavement. Modernised two-storey mews building to rear (east) with integral square-headed carriage-arch, concealed behind random roughly dressed limestone boundary wall to Lad Lane with shared square-headed vehicular opening and separate pedestrian opening, each having replacement steel gates.