1-8, EDEN MOUNT

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NY3956 EDEN MOUNT 671-1/5/124 (West side) 13/11/72 Nos.1-8 (Consecutive) (Formerly Listed as: STANWIX BANK, Stanwix Nos 1-6 (consec) and No.8 Eden Mount)

GV II

Includes: No.1 CROMWELL CRESCENT. 9 houses in a terrace. 1840s. Flemish bond brickwork, most houses with light headers (Nos 2, 3 and 4 without light headers) on chamfered plinth (all dressings of calciferous sandstone) with V-jointed quoins on end houses, sill bands and eaves cornice. Graduated greenslate roofs with some skylights, hipped on end houses; original shared ridge chimney stacks. 2 storeys, each house is of 2 or 3 bays; No.1 has a 4-bay return on St George's Crescent and No.8 a 2-bay return on Cromwell Crescent; further 2-bay extension to No.8 is now No.1 Cromwell Crescent. Houses have been stepped up the slope of the hill, so roof line is on 3 levels. Each house has either a left or right (one is central) panelled door and overlight in prostyle Ionic porch (No.1 has fluted columns), up steps; No.8 has a stone architrave without porch. Sash windows, most with glazing bars, in stone architraves; No.8 has a 2-bay return with a full-height canted bay window. INTERIORS have moulded plaster ceiling cornices, white marble fireplaces, internal shutters and panelled doors.

Listing NGR: NY3997756920