Survey Data
Reg No
13707023
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
Date
1885 - 1905
Coordinates
304445, 306679
Date Recorded
09/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Attached two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1895, currently unoccupied. Canted bay window to west, return to east. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, brick corbelled chimneystack with moulded cornice to shaft, dormer window with carved engaged painted timber columns flanking window, bargeboards and sheeted cheeks, moulded cast-iron gutters on moulded brick corbelled eaves course, square-profile cast-iron downpipe. Red brick walling laid to Flemish bond, moulded string courses, channelled decoration to ground floor. Square-headed window openings, granite sills, painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows, timber casement window to dormer. Round-headed door opening, red brick voussoirs, painted timber door frame, metal door, fanlight. Set back from road, garden to west, concrete path, bounded by red brick wall with granite coping, cast-iron railing, square gate piers, pyramidal caps, cast-iron gate.
Appraisal
This attractive Victorian house, one of a pair, displays well-executed subtle decorative features, with the unusual channelled brickwork being particularly noteworthy. Its simple design is enhanced by the dormer window, with its carved detailing, and canted bay.