Number 5 And Rear Dwelling And Attached Wall

This is a substantial mid-18th century town house with a rear dwelling and attached wall, now used as offices and a rear house. The main block is constructed of Flemish bond brown brick with sandstone detailing and has a hipped grey slate roof. It consists of a basement and four storeys, with three bays wide. A wrought-iron railing fronts a stone-paved forecourt leading down ten steps to the basement, which contains a boarded door and a landing for the main entrance. The front door itself is of six fielded panels, accompanied by a decorated radial-bar fanlight and a panelled case featuring fluted pilasters, a Doric frieze, and a segmental pediment. The windows are flush sashes, with painted stone sills and rusticated wedge lintels bearing keystones. The first storey has two 12-pane sashes, the second storey three 12-pane sashes, the third storey three shorter 12-pane square sashes, and the fourth storey two replaced 4-pane sashes. Fluted rainwater heads and pipes are positioned near each corner. A stone cornice sits above the brick parapet, which has simple coping. The rear of the main block features similar flush sashes; the first storey has a tripartite window with a 4;12;4 pane configuration, the second storey a 12-pane sash, the third storey a 12-pane square sash arrangement, and the fourth storey replaced 4-pane sashes. A small rear wing has a 4-pane flush sash and a replaced stair window with an arched head, both topped with stone-capped parapets. Attached to the rear wing of the main block is a long three-storey wing containing a separate house. The first storey of this wing includes a nearly flush 12-pane sash on each side of a six-panel door with fanlight and pedimental case. The second and third storeys have a long round-arched stair window with a nearly flush 12-pane sash, and 4-pane attic-storey sashes flank it. The rear gable-end features a 4-pane window to the first storey, a flush sash of 12 square panes, and a 20th-century bridge leads to a modern door on the second storey. A cavetto stone coping tops the gable parapet. The attached yard wall, which is a retaining wall to the east, has curved wrought-iron spikes and includes a flight of 24 stone steps leading down to a flagged passage and the rear yard. The interior was not inspected.