8-11, MOUNT BEACON

A group of four houses at 8-11 Mount Beacon, dating from the early 19th century and altered in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The houses are constructed of limestone rubble with low freestone coped parapets, cornices, window dressings, and porches. The roofs are double-pitched, but largely hidden. The plan is double-depth.

The houses originally probably intended to be rendered, though No. 8 has been painted. The upper floors have paired six/six-pane sash windows with shared sills, those to the first floor having balconettes. The ground floor has a platband and a six/six-pane sash window to the left. Paired stone porches with returned cornices and blocking courses, shouldered arches, and banded rustication flank the main section. The porch to No. 8 has a four-panel door and three-pane overlight, while the porch to No. 9 has a six-panel door glazed to the top and a plain overlight.

Nos. 9 and 10 are taller, with four storeys including an attic and a semi-basement, and each having a one-window range. A continuous parapet, cornice, and attic sill band run along the top. No. 9 has a plate glass sash window to the centre of the tripartite attic window, with two fixed panes to each side. A late 19th-century corbelled timber two-storey canted bay with similar windows and diagonally planked aprons is also present. No. 10 is similar, but reversed. No. 11 is two storeys and two-window range, with paired plate glass sash windows to the first floor, a fascia and cornice to a wide margin-paned plate glass sash to the ground floor, a six-panel door glazed to the top, and a tall stack to the right. Some windows are 20th-century replacements. The interiors have not been inspected.