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Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1810, with two-storey return to rear (west), with sanitary out-shoot. Now in use as offices. Pitched slate roof to east with irregular M-profile hipped slate roof to rear (west), concealed by brick parapet with granite coping. Shouldered rendered chimneystacks to party walls with lipped yellow clay pots. Parapet gutters with replacement cast-iron hopper and downpipe to north end. Red brick walling laid in Flemish bond (refaced on upper floors), over ruled-and-lined rendered walling to basement beneath granite plinth course. Brown brick walling to rear (west) elevation. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, rendered reveals and masonry sills. Round-headed opening to second floor rear (west). Largely replacement six-over-six timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns, those to second floor without horns, three-over-three to third floor and eight-over-eight to basement without horns. Largely Wyatt-style windows to rear (west), possibly originals without horns, uPVC casements to third floor and return. Cast-iron guard rails to second floor window openings and balconettes to first floor. Round-headed door opening with brick voussoirs, moulded reveals and recessed doorcase comprising fluted frieze and moulded cornice carried on Ionic columns over plinth stops, plain fanlight and raised-and-field timber panelled door with brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scraper, approached by five granite steps flanked by iron railings with decorative cast-iron corner posts over granite plinth, enclosing basement to south-side. Coal-hole cover to pavement. Replacement concrete-block wall to west on Laverty Court.

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