17, Landport Terrace

PORTSMOUTH

SZ6399 LANDPORT TERRACE, Southsea 774-1/12/386 (North East side) No.17

GV II

Terraced house, now offices. c1840. Stuccoed. Welsh slate mansard roof with fish scale patterned lead lower slopes, rendered stack on rear pitch. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, basement and attic. 1 wide bay. Ground floor rusticated. From first floor are flanking tapered Ionic pilasters fluted to first and panelled to second floor. On right 8 stone steps with attached railings approach projecting porch, open front with voussoired segmental stuccoed arch, vermiculated keystone and drip-stone. Recessed behind front is a 3 panelled door with overlight, upper 2 panes glazed, lower moulded panel. On left is a 3-storey canted bay with wide centre sash and narrow flanking sashes each set under a parabolic arch with flat soffit, incised voussoirs and vermiculated keystone, segmental dripstones, moulded sill and panelled apron. Moulded sillband across at first floor with 3 shaped brackets flanking bay. First floor has dentilled sillband, centre sash and narrow flanking sashes each with fixed overlight and set under flat arch with keystone. Second floor has dentilled sillband, centre sash and narrow flanking sashes each set under segmental arch, panelled apron, dentilled cornice and low pitch slate hipped roof. Circular lead covered dormer at centre with moulded architrave and moulded bracketed cap, moulded horizontal sill. INTERIOR not inspected. (Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 90; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd D: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1967-: 461).

Listing NGR: SZ6384399558