Survey Data
Reg No
50020431
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
316595, 233952
Date Recorded
18/03/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey over basement former house, built c.1830, now combined with house to north and in use as part of college. M-profile pitched slate roof, hipped to north, concealed behind ashlar granite parapet. Red brick chimneystacks having clay pots. Yellow brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls, with channelled render to ground floor and masonry plinth course over smooth rendered wall to basement. Square-headed window openings having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with raised render reveals and granite sills, continuous granite sill course to first floor window openings. Cast-iron railings on carved granite plinth wall enclosing basement well, some render repairs to north. Street fronted at north end of Westland Row.
Appraisal
This building's soft brown brick upper walls form a pleasing contrast with the strong rustication to the ground floor. Cast-iron railings are well executed, attesting to the artisanship involved in the production of cast-ironware at the time, and enhancing the character of both the building and streetscape. Originally built for domestic use, the houses on this street were soon adapted to include commercial businesses. This house was occupied by B. Lynch, milliner and dress maker, in the mid-nineteenth century. Westland Row was opened in 1773, and widened in 1792. It retains a number of late Georgian and early Victorian houses, creating an interesting and varied historic streetscape.