Survey Data
Reg No
40823034
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
222420, 421093
Date Recorded
09/06/2014
Date Updated
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Description
Mid-terrace two-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c. 1900, having slightly advanced chamfered east bay, and single-bay two-storey and single-bay single-storey lean-to returns to rear. Built as part of terrace of four. Pitched natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, projecting eaves on paired and single brackets to front elevation, decorative bargeboards and chamfered corners to dormer, smooth rendered chimneystack with terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods to front. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls, roughcast rendering to rear elevation, with projecting chamfered smooth rendered plinth to front elevation. Square-headed window openings, with smooth rendered reveals, two-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows to dormer window and to first floor windows, two-over-two pane to ground floor window, and with variety of timber sash windows to rear, all with painted stone sills, and having cast-iron railing to ground floor sill to front. Round-headed door opening, smooth rendered reveal, chamfered timber door jamb, cornicing detail to timber lintel, round-headed overlight, square-headed timber paneled door. Fronts directly onto The Mall, bounded to rear by random rubble stone wall with wrought-iron gate mounted on red brick piers. Access to rear through carriage arch to west.
Appraisal
This attractive house, of late nineteenth-century appearance, retains its early character and form. The advanced bay with chamfered corners and the chamfered corners to the dormer opening help to create an interesting and distinctive composition. Its visual appeal and integrity are enhanced by the retention of salient fabric such as the timber sliding sash windows and the natural slate roof. Subdued decorative interest is added by the bracketed eaves course, the cast-iron sill guard to the ground floor window opening, and the timber bargeboards to the dormer opening. This building forms part of an attractive and well-maintained terrace of four buildings (see 40823032-3 and 40800202 for other buildings). It forms part of an attractive collection of substantial dwellings along the Mall to the west of the centre of Ramelton, and is an integral element of the built heritage of the town.