Roan House

Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1790, having shallow single-bay three-storey stairs return and recent single-bay two-storey lean-to extension to rear. Hipped artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and overhanging eaves. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth course and eaves course. Square-headed openings with limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Round-headed door opening with replacement door, sidelights and fanlight, accessed by flight of limestone steps with rendered sweep walls having limestone copings. Camber-arched carriage arch with dressed limestone voussoirs leading to yard with rendered outbuildings. Square-profile roughcast rendered piers and sweep walls to road with double-leaf cast-iron gates.

This house, bought by Charles Bianconi as part of his daughter's dowry was originally a three-storey over basement structure. Despite these alterations, the house retains much of its form. The regular and symmetrical façade is typical of the Georgian style. This formal elevation is enlivened by the round-headed doorway which is a typical feature of such high status homes. The well-executed limestone steps further emphasise the entrance, and serve as a reminder of the quality of nineteenth-century craftsmanship.