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Attached end-of-terrace four-bay two-storey house with attic level, built c. 1840 and altered c 1880, having three dormer window openings to the front pitch having hipped roofs over, and with integral segmental-headed carriage-arch to the west end. Now in use as a private house. Pitched slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystack offset to the west side of centre having terracotta pots over, clay ridge tiles, projecting smooth rendered eaves course, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered eaves course, and with smooth rendered block\channelled quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with stucco architraved surrounds, painted stone sills, and with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to corners having paired six-pane timber casement windows. Square-headed doorway, offset to the west side of centre, having stucco architraved surround, timber panelled door with bolection mouldings and with overlight. Segmental-headed carriage-arch to the west end of the front elevation having smooth rendered surround and with modern metal gates. Road-fronted to the east end of The Mall, Ramelton, and to the west of the centre of the town. House overlooks the River Leannan to the north.

This substantial and attractive house retains its early form and character. Its visual appeal and integrity are enhanced by the retention of salient fabric such as the timber sliding sash windows and the timber panelled door with bolection mouldings. This building probably originally dates to the first half of the nineteenth century, a period when The Mall, Ramelton, was a fashionable address for a burgeoning middle and professional class (mainly associated with the thriving port), and forms part of an interesting and attractive collection of buildings aligning The Mall dating to this era in the town’s history. It was later altered towards the end of the nineteenth century, and the architraved surrounds to the openings, the channelled quoins to the corners, and the timber panelled door probably date to this period. This building is one of the better private dwellings still aligning The Mall, and is an integral element of the built heritage of Ramelton.