11, Vineyards

This is a three-storey house, likely built between 1765 and 1775, with alterations in the 19th century. It was developed by Thomas Omer and sits on land formerly owned by the Hayne family since 1638.

The front of the house is rendered and faced with ashlar, while the rear is ashlar. It has a parapeted roof covered with Roman tiles and pantiles to the rear, with a coped gable wall to the left and two ashlar stacks incorporating some early clay pots. The main front has a two-window arrangement. The first floor features two two-over-two pane sash windows within plain reveals, having a continuous lowered stone sill. The second floor has three grouped four-over-four, six-over-six, and four-over-four pane sashes, also in plain reveals with a continuous stone sill. The ground floor has two boarded-up windows to the left, and a boarded-up door within a flat surround with shaped brackets. A plinth is present, and a former first-floor sill band has been cut through by the windows. There is a coved, probable former eaves cornice above, continuous with No. 12 Vineyards. A lead hopperhead and a shared part-lead downpipe are located on the right-hand side. The rear elevation, partially visible, features extensions and a six-over-six sash window to the second floor.

The interior of the house has not been inspected.

The plot on which the house stands was historically known as ‘Vineyards’, although the origins of this name and when vines were last grown there are unclear. A row of houses to the north of the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel was originally called Harlequin Row due to its unusual brick and stone construction. No. 11 was occupied by the Deaf and Dumb House in 1871.