Number 27 And Attached Walls And Railings

Number 27 is a house dating from approximately 1830-40, constructed of yellow brick with painted stone dressings, and covered by a slate roof. It is a double-depth plan building. The symmetrical exterior has two storeys and three bays, with the central bay projecting and featuring deep, modillioned timber eaves and a moulded storey band that continues as a cornice to the porch. The windows are glazing bar sashes, with rubbed brick flat arches to all except the central first-floor window, which has a painted architrave. A painted single-storey porch projects slightly, featuring three concentric recessed semicircular arches with a moulded impost band; the outer arch has an archivolt and keystone, and the tympanum contains a blind panel with a segmental top. The door is of four panels. Verges overhang at the eaves, and chimneys are located on both gable ends and behind the ridge. A single-storey, one-bay wing is attached to the right. The rear elevation has a central doorway and ground-floor windows that are tripartite glazing bar sashes with canvas blinds. The first-floor windows are glazing bar sashes with horizontally sliding louvred shutters below a timber valance. The stair hall is centrally located at the front, with the outside door beneath the half-landing staircase, featuring an open string, turned balusters, and a mahogany handrail. A rear hall is accessed through two semicircular arches. The two rear ground-floor rooms have window shutters, and marble fireplaces with iron grates; the northwest room’s fireplace is now painted. These rooms also have foliated ceiling centrepieces of painted plaster and iron, originally for gas lamps and connected to ventilation ducts. The garden front wall is of brick with stone and concrete copings, supporting iron railings with bulb finials and standards with acorn finials. The wall returns to the right, joining the house. An iron gate with turned gateposts (with acorn finials) is located to the right of the front wall. A shorter return wall to the left contains a similar gate and piers, terminating against a brick pier attached to a stone pier with a moulded cap. The listed building’s group value is derived from its architectural and historical significance.