Survey Data
Reg No
20503674
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Apartment/flat (converted)
Date
1750 - 1770
Coordinates
167030, 71352
Date Recorded
22/04/1994
Date Updated
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Description
Semi-detached five-bay three-storey over raised basement house, c. 1760; entrance up a flight of steps; converted into apartments, c. 1989; one of a pair. Pitched roof, with corbelled brick eaves course. Coursed random limestone to front elevation. Plain render finish to gable. Square headed openings, windows having cills and brick soldier arches. Replacement timber sliding sash four over four pane windows, unpainted frames flush to wall plane. Timber doorcase c. 1989, with timber panelled door and divided overlight. Rendered wall to street frontage.
Appraisal
Large eighteenth-century house which retains its original, though modified use. Scale and form remain generally unaltered, despite some of it's characteristic elements, such as windows and doors, have been replaced. Important also for its location close to Saint Finbar's Cathedral.