Survey Data
Reg No
50110443
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
316035, 232797
Date Recorded
20/06/2017
Date Updated
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Description
Corner-sited terraced five-bay three-storey former house over basement, built c. 1880, as one of terrace of three (with further five to Adelaide Road), having two-bay elevation to side (south) elevation. Attic storey, paired and single advanced entrance porches with balustraded balconies, and two-storey canted-bay to front (east) and side (south) elevations. Now in use as office. Replacement metal sheeting to mansard roof, rendered chimneystacks, moulded cornice and dentillated eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls and channelled render to ground floor. Roughcast rendered platbands and stringcourses. Square-headed single and tripartite window openings having surrounds comprising pilasters and cornices, spandrel panels with diamond motif above first and second floor windows. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows throughout. Elliptical-headed door openings having moulded surrounds and keystones on pilasters to entrance porches. Timber panelled doors, plain fanlights. Square-headed door opening to basement. Basement area enclosed by rendered balustraded dwarf wall. Set back from street.
Appraisal
This late Victorian townhouse retains its historic appearance with many salient features including canted-bay windows, embellished panelled door and balustraded boundary wall. The building has an unusual layout with multiple entrances, although it appears to have been built as a single unit. The facade is enlivened by a variety of render finishes, stringcourses and ornamentation. This terrace makes a striking late nineteenth-century architectural statement and contributes to the eclectic variety of Georgian and Victorian townhouses in the locality.