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Altmor — Brighton Road

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Altmor — Brighton Road
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Detached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1909, on an F-shaped plan centred on single-bay two-storey gabled breakfront abutting single-bay two-storey gabled projecting end bay; single-bay (north) or two-bay (south) two-storey side elevations. One of a pair. Pitched slate roof on an F-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront), clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having stringcourses below "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed corbelled stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Red brick Flemish bond walls (ground floor) on rendered chamfered plinth with red brick header bond "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed corbelled stepped stringcourse; roughcast surface finish (first floor) with "timber frame" surface finish to gables. Square-headed window opening (breakfront) with cut-granite sill, and red brick voussoirs framing timber casement window. Square-headed window opening (first floor) with cut-granite sill, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash window. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and red brick voussoirs framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with cut-granite panelled monolithic piers to perimeter having domed pyramidal capping supporting "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed cast-iron double gates.

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