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Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1810, with two-storey return to rear (west). 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 hopper and downpipe to south end. Red brick walling laid in Flemish bond over 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 six-over-six timber sliding sash windows with profiled horns, three-over-three to third floor and eight-over-eight to basement without horns (possibly original). Largely Wyatt-style windows to rear (west), single-pane casements to return. Wrought-iron guard rails to third floor (east) and second floor rear (west), cast-iron guard rails to second floor (east), ornate cast-iron planters to first floor (east) and cast-iron balconettes to first floor (west). 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, decorative 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 over granite plinth enclosing basement to south-side. Coal-hole cover to pavement. Rendered boundary wall to west on Laverty Court, with vehicular access opening.

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