11 Crawford Square, Londonderry

A three storey, two bay rendered Italianate style terraced house built in 1874, probably designed by Robert Collins. The building forms part of a terrace of sixteen houses on a sloping site on the south west side of the tree-lined Crawford Square. It is paired with and symmetrical to the adjacent No. 12 Crawford Square.

The rectangular plan form faces north east with a three storey rendered return to the rear and a two storey stone built outbuilding accessed from the rear. The outbuilding is constructed of exposed stone with brick dressings, infill blockwork, a timber beam, sheeted timber doors to high level opening, and a single door opening. It forms part of the stepped row of outbuildings associated with the houses on Crawford Square which front onto Academy Road.

The pitched natural slate roof is continuous with No. 12 Crawford Square and features a half-hipped roof to the return with blue-black hip and ridge tiles. A large buff brick chimney with clay pots is shared with No. 10. A second buff brick chimney with moulded corbel is shared with the return of No. 12 Crawford Square. Timber fascia boards and moulded soffit are trimmed with paired block modillions. Large half round cast iron guttering discharges to circular cast iron downpipes to the front elevation; the rear elevation has replacement uPVC rainwater goods supported on rise and fall brackets.

The front elevation features a two storey three sided canted bay with parapet to the left of the entrance, recessed panels between the first and second storey, and moulded cills and strings. Window openings have segmental arched heads containing 1/1 double hung timber sliding sash windows with moulded horns. The first floor window above the main entrance door has a moulded architrave with stop blocks and moulded cill shared with No. 12 Crawford Square.

The semi-circular arched doorcase has a hood mould with keystone, decorative console brackets, and is recessed with a moulded soffit. A pair of panelled outer doors leads to a recessed entrance porch with a tiled step. Inside the porch is a glazed inner door with slender timber columns bearing decorative capitals on each side, a rectangular fanlight, and an original timber door with glazed top panel and single moulded bottom panel. The space between the outer and inner doors has a flat ceiling with cornice.

The three storey rendered return has square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC casement windows to the upper floors. The shared return of Nos. 11 and 12 Crawford Square is taller than those in the remainder of the terrace.

The house is set back from the footpath and slightly elevated, facing north east over the tree-lined Crawford Square green. It is approached by a path and short flight of stone steps shared with the adjacent property and has a modest front garden enclosed by a dwarf wall topped with railings.