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Terraced two-bay three-storey house, built 1889. Renovated, pre-1992. Refenestrated between 1992-6. Reroofed, post-1996. One of a group of four. Pitched (shared) roof with replacement artificial slate, post-1996, clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond (shared) chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, lined rendered coping, and iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having iron ties. Replacement rendered walls, pre-1992, on rendered plinth with rendered strips to ends. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows, between 1992-6 (replacing two-over-two timber sash windows). Segmental-headed door opening with moulded rendered surround on cut-stone padstones having keystone, and timber panelled door having overlight. Street fronted with elevated concrete footpath to front [VO].

A well composed house of modest to middle size built as one of a group of four identical units (including 15505122 - 124) making a pleasing impression of uniform quality in The Faythe with attributes establishing a somewhat sophisticated design programme including the vertical emphasis of the massing, the slight diminishing in scale of the openings producing a graduated visual effect, the understated surface articulation limited to a Classically-expressed doorcase, and so on. However, while the elementary form and massing prevail, the character or integrity of the house or the collective ensemble has not benefited from the introduction of replacement fittings to most of the openings.