house — Pearse Street

A pair of two-bay three-storey over basement former townhouse and office, built c. 1840, flanking later infill three-bay three-storey building, built c. 1860, now in single use as offices. Hipped and pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, brick parapets with granite copings and cast-iron rainwater good. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls to basement and ground floor with granite stringcourses between floors. Render shopfront to ground floor comprising pilasters flanking three central openings, supporting entablature with full-width moulded cornice having stepped parapet with date plaque above and terminated by decorative consoles. Brick Flemish bond walls to upper floors. Square-headed openings to ground floor having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, moulded render surrounds and continuous sills. Plain reveals and granite sill to central building window. Square-headed openings to upper floors having granite sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Segmental-headed openings with granite sills to first floor central three bays, having central six-over-six pane window flanked by two-over-two pane windows. Round-headed door opening with moulded surround, having panelled pilasters and carved consoles flanking timber panelled door with plain fanlight to western end bay. Square-headed door openings having timber panelled door and plain overlight to central building and with moulded render surround eastern end bay. Recent sliding glass doors to central entrance. Cast-iron railings set on granite plinths surrounding basement areas, with matching cast-iron gates. Flights to granite steps and thresholds leading to timber panelled doors.