Survey Data
Reg No
11805010
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
Bank/financial institution
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
297434, 233245
Date Recorded
15/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, c.1880. Refenestrated, c.1995, with additional window opening inserted to ground floor. Now in use as credit union. One of a group of four. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to half-dormer attic windows). Decorative crested ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Timber bargeboards to half-dormer attic windows. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Painted. Panelled timber fascia, c.1995, over openings to ground floor. Square-headed window openings to ground floor (one inserted, c.1995, forming paired window openings). Shallow segmental-headed window openings to half-dormer attic. Stone sills. Replacement 9/9 (ground floor) and 6/6 (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1995, with timber overpanel having overlight. Road fronted. Concrete flagged footpath to front.
Appraisal
This house, built as one of a group of four houses, is a fine and attractive small-scale building that retains much of its original character – the house is of social interest as an early example of a small-scale residential development in the locality. Renovated in the late twentieth century, with replacement timber sash fenestration inserted, the restoration project has been completed to present an early aspect on to Main Street although the number of panes to the windows to ground floors is not an accurate representation of the original design. The house retains some original or early features and materials, including a slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and decorative cresting to the ridges. The house is of importance for its contribution to the streetscape of Main Street, continuing the established streetline of the terrace, while adding incident to the roofline through the presence of gabled half-dormer attic windows.