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Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, c.1880, with single-bay single-storey canted bay window to left ground floor, and single-bay single-storey flat-roofed porch to side (south-west) elevation. Renovated and refenestrated, pre-1999. One of a pair forming part of a group of six. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on profiled red brick eaves. Flat roof to porch not visible behind parapet. Unpainted replacement cement rendered walls, pre-1999, with red brick dressings including corner piers, and stringcourses to each floor having vitrified blue brick detailing. Red brick Running bond walls to canted bay window and to porch with moulded cornice on consoles to canted bay window, and cut-stone parapet to porch. Shallow segmental-headed window openings (in bipartite arrangement to right ground floor; paired to first floor) with cut-stone sills, and red brick surrounds having vitrified blue brick dressings. Replacement uPVC casement windows, pre-1999. Shallow segmental-headed door opening with red and vitrified blue brick dressings, timber panelled door, and overlight. Set back from line of road with forecourt having sections of iron railings to boundary on cut-limestone plinth.

An appealing, modest-scale house, built as one of a group of six identical houses (with 22830122, 281 - 284/WD-09-30-122, 281 - 284), which retains its original form and massing, although the inappropriate replacement fittings to the openings do not enhance the external appearance of the design. The juxtaposition of a variety of building materials produces a distinctive polychromatic visual effect, characteristic of the period of construction, and emphasises the streetscape value of the site.