69 Clarendon St., Londonderry

Victorian mid-terraced two-bay three-storey, with dormer-attic level red brick Georgian-style townhouse. Built c.1863. Rectangular on plan with principal elevation facing north set behind low red brick wall. Built as part of a terrace row with similar houses of this type lining the north and south side of Clarendon Street. Principal (N) elevation is of flemish bond; with chamfered polychromatic brick detail to window and door surrounds, alternating single and paired corbel brackets to eaves, and chimney; windows are square-headed 8/8 timber sliding sash to ground floor and 6/6 timber sliding sash to first and second floors. Segmental arch opening to entrance doorway with moulded cornice supported by decorative scrolled console brackets; painted timber double-doors, each having two panels and bollection moulding, and plain fanlight above. Single pitched roof dormer set above eaves level with coupled 1/1 timber sliding sash windows flanked by timber pillasters and surmounted by a pedimented gable. East and west elevations abutted by adjoining buildings No. 67 (HB01/21/005DD) & No. 71 (HB01/21/005FF) Clarendon Street. South elevation, three-storey with three-storey pitched roof rear return at half-landing level, smooth rendered with door opening onto rear yard; further flat-roofed single-storey abutment to rear. The fenestration pattern is irregular with both 6/6 sliding sash windows to first and second floors and casements to ground, first and second floors. Replacement timber casements to rear pitched roof dormer, second floor to return and all windows to the single-storey return. Pitched natural slate roof, black clay ridge tiles and large red brick chimney stack rising from the east gable, centred on ridge with 6 clay pots. uPVC guttering to front and rear elevations. Conservation roof light to rear return. Materials: Roof: Natural Slate RWG: uPVC Walling : Brick (N) / Smooth render, unpainted (S) Windows: Timber Sliding Sash Setting: Built as part of a pair of two Victorian townhouses No. 67-69 (HB01.22.005DD) are set in a terrace of ten which lines the south side of Clarendon Street, between Princes Street and Francis Street and within the Clarendon Street Conservation Area. The front of the property is set behind a low red-brick wall that rakes to align with the street and the front door is set two steps above pavement level. Two cast metal fluted gate posts, with decorative conical caps support a simple metal gate at the entrance from the street. To the rear the yard is bound by painted render walls.