Wash Houses And Connecting Boundary Wall To Rear Of Alma Terrace

The building consists of five former wash houses, now used as stores, connected by a continuous boundary wall at the rear of Alma Terrace. They were likely built around 1854, the same time as the terrace itself. The wash houses are constructed from good dressed stone and feature slate roofs. Each unit contains a small single room with a pent roof that rises to a raised rear parapet, and there is a plain stone eaves band. Each unit has a large 12-pane sash window set into a deep stone cill, and on the far right, there is a 19th-century panelled door. At the back left, there is a large stone stack that is two stages high with a heavy capping. The interior retains a copper boiler set in a brick sub-structure and has a stone floor. The boundary wall between the units is approximately 0.5 meters lower than the rear parapets. These outbuildings are notably grand for their type and serve as a reminder of the 19th-century social scene. They have been well restored alongside the houses they belong to.