Survey Data
Reg No
50930092
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Apartment/flat (converted)
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
316483, 233162
Date Recorded
10/09/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1800, abutted by multi-storey extensions to rear (north). Now in use as flats. M-profile roof, hipped to east and set behind parapet wall with granite coping and cast-iron hopper and downpipe breaking through façade below second floor. Replacement yellow brick chimneystacks with lipped clay pots to west party wall. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with cement pointing. Masonry plinth course over rendered basement wall. Gauged brick square-headed window openings with painted granite sills, patent reveals and original timber sash windows; three-over-three to third floor, six-over-six to first and second floors, early twentieth-century one-over-one to ground floor with coloured margin lights and sixteen-over-sixteen pane to basement. Wrought-iron sill-guards to second and third floors with full-span iron balcony to first floor; steel grille to basement. Gauged brick round-headed door opening with masonry Ionic doorcase comprising square-headed door opening flanked by Ionic columns supporting fluted lintel entablature with plain glazed fanlight. Original timber panelled door with nine raised-and-fielded panels and brass door furniture opening onto shared granite platform and nosed granite steps opening to street. Platform and basement enclosed by original wrought- and cast-iron railings set on granite plinth wall. Concrete steps provide access to basement. Forming part of a continuous terrace of former townhouses lining north side of Fitzwilliam Square. Recent mews building to north plot and recent boundary wall to north onto Pembroke Lane.
Appraisal
The building retains its traditional form and proportions, mellow brick which contrasts with the granite dressings, an array of original fenestration, well executed ironwork, and a handsome Ionic doorcase. It contributes to the historic character of the square and the wider south Georgian core. Laid out in 1791 by the surveyors J & P Roe, Fitzwilliam Square was the last of the city’s Georgian squares to be completed. Development was staggered and progressed slowly until after the Napoleonic Wars.