Number 47 And Attached Railings

Number 47 is a house, now part of a school, built in 1753 by John Carr for Mrs. Mary Thompson. It features brick construction in Flemish bond with painted stone dressings and a hipped slate roof. The building has three storeys above cellars and four bays. The ground and first floor windows have sill bands, each with a second band below, and lengths of cornice over rubbed brick flat arches. The windows are glazing bar sashes, with the ground-floor windows having external shutters, each consisting of three raised and fielded panels. The door, located in the left-hand bay, has eight raised and fielded panels, a plain rectangular overlight, an architrave, and a cornice on console brackets. A lead rainwater downpipe and a hopper with a monogram of initials are positioned towards the left-hand side of the deep timber gutter cornice. There is an axial chimney near the centre of the roof. The interior has not been inspected, but records indicate good quality original fittings, including a staircase with turned balusters and an enriched plaster ceiling, a dining room with panelling, doorcases, and a fireplace, and a saloon on the first floor with a fireplace and a pedimented overmantel. The basement area is enclosed by plain railings on low stone copings.