Description

1810. 2-storey symmetrical terrace of rectangular-plan houses forming classical palace block. Rubble sandstone with painted margins; No 11 painted; NE elevation rendered. Polished ashlar cill course at ground; cornice; pediment with glazed oval oculus to advanced 3-bay centre; quoins to advanced section; blocking course extends to sides of pediment. All margins painted, except to No 7.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: single windows to 1st floor of all bays; single window to ground of central bay; small square light to right; corniced doorpieces to flanking bays; panelled timber doors with plate glass fanlights; single windows flanking advanced section at ground; tripartite windows with narrow flanking lights to ground of penultimate bays; doorpieces in bays to outer right and left; fluted Doric columns and dentilled cornice to doorpiece to outer right; panelled timber doors with plate glass fanlights.

12-pane timber sash and case windows to Nos 7 and 13; 2-pane timber sash and case windows to Nos 9 and 11. Grey slate piended roof with skylights; pediment piended. Coped stack to apex of pediment and to NE wallhead; coped gablehead stacks with tall cylindrical corniced cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Iron gate with round-arched top to No 13.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped coursed rubble boundary walls to street; high coped rubble boundary wall bordering NE side of front garden of No 13.

Statement of Interest

This plain classical block is distinguished by its central pediment.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata IDs Q17807108 Q17807416

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)