Description
Circa 1815. Mirrored pair of 2-storey, basement and attic 3-bay classical terraced houses. Cream ashlar sandstone with polished dressings; rock-faced at basement; polished ashlar rustication at ground; droved to 1st floor. Base course and band course at ground; cill course to 1st floor; cornice and blocking course. Regular fenestration; fluted aprons to 1st floor windows. Steps to panelled deep-set doors to inner bays; rectangular fanlights (fan glazing to
No 10). Dormers; piended to No 10 (one canted); flat-roofed to No 8
(1 tripartite, 1 bipartite).
3-bay basements with doors at centre.
Plate glass timber sash and case glazing. Grey slates; ashlar coped stacks.
Lobbies with decorative glazed tripartite vestibule screens; No 8 with Roman Doric frieze; No 10 with Adamesque reliefs.
STEPS AND RAILINGS: ashlar steps and saddleback base for cast-iron spearhead railings.
Statement of Interest
Fragment of wider scheme including 1-7 South Fort Street (see separate listings).
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Recommended Books
Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6