Harley House Railings To No 55 And 57

1. 5401 MALTRAVERS STREET (South Side)

26.3.49. No 55 (Harley House) No 57 - Railings to Nos 55 and 57 TQ 0107 1/35

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1. Late C18. Terraced houses. Red brick. Ripped slate roof. Late Cl9 red brick chimneys with brick tumbling and much cornicing. 3 storeys and basement with area. Brick eaves, cornice with cyma recta modillions. 6 ranges of double-hung sash windows with glazing bars (no glazing bars on ground floor of No 55). Both houses have a 2 storey extension to east and west respectively, of grey headers with red brick dressings, modillion eaves cornice and pitched slate roofs. No 55 has 1 double hung sash window with glazing bars on the 1st floor, and 1 doorway up 4 ashlar steps arched over the area, and framed by unfluted Roman Doric 3/4 columns carrying a dentilled pediment. Door with 6 fielded panels and semi-circular fanlight in panelled reveals. No 57's has 1 range of double-hung sash windows with glazing bars, that on ground floor flush framed. Door of No 57 in main block, instead of west ground floor window: up 6 limestone steps, with porch on Tuscan columns and pilasters supporting a pediment and a frieze with paterae and fluting. Panelled soffit of pediment, and panelled reveals to door with semi-circular fanlight. Area has 1 basement door, 1 modern basement window and 1 double-hung sash basement window with glazing bars to No 55, and No 57 is filled in except for 1 casement basement window with glazing bars. Iron railings in front of area: No 55's late C19 with bulbous finials: No 57's late C18 with urn finials.

Nos 45 to 63 (odd), 67 to 73 (odd) and 77 to 83 (odd) form a group with Nos 46 to 62 (even) and with pavements and railings.

Listing NGR: TQ0155907008