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Terraced two-bay two-storey over part-raised basement house with dormer attic, c.1890, retaining original aspect with single-bay three-storey lower (shared) return to north-east. Now in use as offices. One of a terrace of five. Pitched (shared) slate roof (gabled to dormer attic windows; hipped to return) with clay ridge tiles, red brick Flemish bond (shared) chimney stack having yellow brick dressings, decorative timber bargeboards, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with moulded rendered courses to each floor. Shallow segmental-headed window openings (paired to ground floor) with cut-stone sills, moulded surrounds to ground floor springing from moulded rendered course, and continuous hood moulding to first floor. 1/1 timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to basement and to dormer attic windows with stone sills to basement having 2/2 timber sash windows, and 1/1 timber sash windows to dormer attic. Square-headed door opening behind round-headed open internal porch approached by flight of seven cut-granite steps having wrought iron railings, moulded rendered archivolt to porch, and glazed timber panelled door with sidelights and overlight. Set back from line of road with gravel forecourt having sections of wrought iron railings to boundary on limestone ashlar plinth with wrought iron gate.

An attractive, modest-scale house of balanced proportions and fine detailing, which has been very well maintained to present an early aspect. The red and yellow brick chimney stack introduces a touch of subtle polychromy to an otherwise monochrome external appearance. Built as one of a terrace of five units of identical appearance (with 22830017, 237 - 239/WD-09-30-19, 237 - 239) forming a larger group of seven houses (with 22830240 - 241/WD-09-30-240 - 241), the house represents an appealing and integral component of the streetscape.