No. 16 With Attached Terrace And Steps To Rear

No. 16 with attached terrace and steps is a large house with an attached terrace, built in 1883 by W.H. Henley, of the Patent Concrete Building Company, for T.W. Hancock. The building is constructed from mass concrete, rendered externally, with a Welsh slate roof. It has two storeys and five bays, featuring a conservatory on the left and a side porch on the right. A plinth and cill and impost bands are visible externally. Sash windows are fitted with corbelled sills and moulded heads. A flight of steps with a solid balustrade leads up to the entrance of the second bay, where a mid-to-late 20th century glazed door is set within a decorative architrave; the original door remains inside. Window arrangements include tripartite windows in the left bay, paired windows in bay four, and single windows in bay five. A bracketed eaves overhangs a hipped roof with a stack located at the left end and between bays three and four. The conservatory on the left has steps leading to its entrance, reeded angle pilasters, and decorative glazing within its gable. A side porch was added to the right side, and a later garage is situated behind. At the rear, two flights of steps, also with solid balustrades, lead up to a terrace with an openwork balustrade. The left half of the rear elevation features windows flanked by 20th-century glazed doors, all with shaped decorative panels above; three sashes are positioned above these openings. The right bay has a 20th-century canted bay window with a cornice, blocking course, and decorative iron rail; a tripartite window sits above. To the left of the bay window, a full-height sash is positioned above another sash. A large, flat-roofed dormer, added in the late 20th century, is not considered of special interest. A glazed conservatory with decorative glazing bars to its gable complements the right side of the rear. Inside, original doors and architraves remain, some featuring broken pediments. A dog-leg open-string staircase is fitted with turned balusters and newels. A large marble fireplace is present within the drawing room, along with ceiling mouldings. This is an unusual example of a large 19th-century house built using concrete.