6, Vineyards

This is a house, built around 1770, and developed by Thomas Omer. It is constructed of limestone ashlar to the front, painted on the ground floor, with rubble to the basement. The roof is parapeted with Welsh slate to the front and a coped party wall to the left, featuring two ashlar stacks with some early clay pots.

The front facade is of three storeys and a basement, with a two-window arrangement. The first floor has two plate glass sash windows with lowered stone sills and splayed reveals. The second floor mirrors this pattern. The ground floor has a two-pane sash window with a stone sill to the left, and a six-panel door with fielded and glazed panels set within a pedimented Doric doorcase. Two Pennant stone steps lead to a crossover, featuring a cast iron footscraper. The basement has a two-light glazing bar casement; the door below the crossover is not visible. A continuous band course ties the building into number 5 Vineyards, and a moulded eaves cornice and coped parapet also run continuously with numbers 1-5 Vineyards. A lead hopperhead and downpipe are attached to the left, shared with number 5 Vineyards. The rear elevation is not visible. The interior has not been inspected.

The property stands on land previously owned by the Hayne family from 1638. Charles Hayne cleared debts from the property and, by 1756, plans were advanced to sell the land to Thomas Omer for building. These plans were finalized with an indenture in 1765, when Charles Hayne sold the site to Thomas Omer and Thomas Jelly, his carpenter trustee, for an annual rent of £50. Belmont was constructed on the western edge of the same land. Before construction, the site had been used as a vineyard until around 1730, when the springs that watered it began to fail. A row north of the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel was originally called Harlequin Row because of the unusual use of brick and stone in its construction.

Attached to the property are wrought iron railings and a gate with shaped tops on limestone bases.