6, St James'S Street

ST JAMES'S STREET 1. 1577 No 6 SZ 5992 3/291

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1. Circa 1800 an early and substantial house for Ryde. Entrance front facing North. Three storeys stucco faced. The walls raised with brick coping to conical eaves of low pitch hipped slate roof. Three windows, recessed, sash, glazing bars intact, block sills. Superimposed bay windows of three lights to ground and first floor West. Sashes, glazing bars intact ground floor, incised dividing pilaster strips, plain frieze, shallow project- ing cornice, flaired to side, incised panels to first floor apron. Fine Tuscan porch with free standing columns to front pilasters to wall, entabla- ture over, now glazed in. Recessed door of six incised panels in architrave surround.

Elevation to street is rough cast with rendered bands and surround. Two windows, recessed, sash, later glazing bars, rendered surrounds, block sills. Single storey stucco faced wing to West, with parapet and block string course. Round headed withe containing a small casement window, hatch to left.

The interior contains a good but simple, central staircase. Continuous mahogany handrail, plain square balusters, scrolled round at foot. The tread mouldings project with shaped brackets applied to side. The flight rise round a narrow rectangular well, curved at each end.

Forms a group with No 5 St Thomas's Street.

Listing NGR: SZ5910492661