15, South Parade

This is a late 18th-century house, now used as offices, situated on the south side of South Parade in Doncaster. The building is stuccoed with painted stone dressings and has slate roofs. It originally comprised three storeys and five bays, arranged as a 1:3:1 composition, with a two-storey, two-bay wing to the left and a single-storey, single-bay extension to the far right. The central three bays project and are topped with a pediment, supported by four giant pilasters extending to the first and second floors. These pilasters carry an entablature and pediment. A Roman Doric porch shelters a wide doorcase with a moulded architrave and a double-leaf six-panelled entrance door. Pairs of twelve-pane sash windows flank the central bays, with similar windows in the left wing. The single-storey bays to the left and right have segment-headed recesses; the one to the left incorporates a semi-circular headed door. A wide ashlar sill band runs across the entire facade. The central bays feature five full-height fifteen-pane sash windows, and the left wing has two similar sashes. An original ironwork balcony, with alternating stick and looped balusters, projects over the porch. Parapets with recessed panels and blocking courses are present on the single-storey bays. The main block has two narrow bands across the second floor, interrupted by the pilasters which have carved friezes and egg and dart cornices. The second floor contains five six-pane sashes. All ground and second-floor windows have projecting sills. The main block has a moulded entablature, and the left wing a moulded cornice. Both the main house and wing have hipped roofs with rendered end stacks. Inside, the entrance hall features a moulded cornice and dado, alongside a screen of fluted Ionic columns and flanking pilasters leading to the rear staircase hall. The cantilevered stone open-well staircase has a wreathed mahogany handrail, iron stick and wavy balusters, and profiled cheekpieces. A semi-circular headed stair window contains late 19th-century painted glass. A secondary staircase to the second floor has stick balusters and a ramped handrail. Throughout the property are six raised and fielded panelled doors and panelled window shutters. One first-floor doorcase has a swagged frieze and cornice. The ground and first floors have moulded cornices.