32-44, LYNCOMBE HILL

Seven terrace houses on the west side of Lyncombe Hill, built in 1824 with alterations from the late 19th and 20th centuries.

The terrace is constructed of limestone ashlar with slate roofs. It forms a straight, symmetrical composition with a raised pedimented centre and pedimented end units, set back from and well above street level. A single depth wide span roof covers the terrace, which is accessed at upper ground floor level from a rear service road.

The buildings comprise two storeys with attics and lower ground floors. Each house displays two offset windows. The terrace shows considerable variety in fenestration across its length.

Number 32 features two 20th-century dormers behind the pediment, above sixteen-pane sashes at first and ground floors. A panelled door with transom light sits to the right on steps. The rear has cantilevered additions with a panelled door and small arched light to the left. The end gable is plain.

Number 34 has two four-light dormers above four-light or plain sashes, with a door to the right. The basement contains a two-light casement. The rear has a single dormer above cantilevered additions, with a twelve-pane sash, door, and small arched light.

Number 36 has a full-width 20th-century dormer above plain sashes, with a door and transom light in a sunk surround. The rear features a similar dormer above cantilevered additions, twelve-pane sashes, door, and small arched light.

Number 38, the central house, is on a larger scale with a full third storey containing three windows. Large sixteen-pane flanking lights with two-light French casements flank similar windows, painted in light at ground floor level. All windows open to a full-width balcony with cast iron balustrade. The rear has two twelve-pane windows at each level and a central door.

Number 40 has two-light casement dormers to lead cheeks, above a sixteen-pane sash over a twenty-pane sash. A door with transom light sits in deep reveals on a flight of steps to the left, with a French casement to the lower ground floor. The rear has one square dormer and one with a bowed top, above a twelve-pane window, with a panelled door and small arched opening to the right.

Number 42 displays four-pane dormers with slate cheeks above a four-pane window and a ground floor plain sash with door and transom light. The rear has a large four-pane sash dormer above a four-pane window, cantilevered addition, and stair window with margin panes, with a panelled door.

Number 44 has a large 20th-century dormer above a four-pane window, with a plain sash to ground floor and a panelled door with transom light beneath a glazed porch. A flight of steps leads to the entrance. The return wall, in ashlar, has a two-light window to the attic, a large inserted 20th-century window to the ground floor, and a small 19th-century lower ground floor light. The rear features a large 20th-century dormer above a twelve-pane window, cantilevered addition, a pointed light containing margin panes to the right, and a panelled door with small arched light to the right.

Each house has a basement grille at the rear. The end units have channelled ground floors. The whole terrace displays a broad platband above the first floor and a moulded cornice, which is carried across the raised centre house with a shallow blocking course and parapet. The end and centre pediments are plain with moulded coping. Party divisions are coped, with deep stacks.

Number 40 retains many original interior features, including stairs with an iron newel and wreath at the bottom of the handrail. The terrace remains relatively little altered apart from the loss of glazing bars, especially on the road elevation.