9 Crawford Square, Londonderry

Three storey two bay rendered Italianate style terraced house built in 1871 to designs by Robert Collins. Rectangular plan form facing north east with a three storey rendered return to rear and two storey outbuilding accessed from rear. Part of a terrace of sixteen buildings on a sloping site to the south west side of the tree lined Crawford Square, it is paired with, and symmetrical to, the adjacent No. 10 Crawford Square (HB01/22/00J). Pitched natural slate roof continuous with No. 10 Crawford Square and large rendered chimney with buff clay pots shared with No.8 (HB01/22/003H). Timber fascia boards and moulded soffit with paired block modillions; half round cast iron guttering discharging to circular cast iron downpipe; uPVC rainwater goods to rear. The front elevation has a two storey three sided canted bay with parapet left of the entrance door, recessed panels between the first and second storey and moulded cills and strings. Window openings have segmental arched heads and 1/1 double hung timber sash windows with moulded horns. The first floor window over the main entrance door has a moulded architrave with stop blocks and moulded cill shared with No. 9 Crawford Square. The recessed arched doorcase has a moulded soffit, stone step and contains an original four panelled door with glazed upper panels and plain semi-circular fanlight over. The doorcase has a hood mould with keystone and decorative console brackets. The rear elevation and return are rendered with square headed window openings having (where seen) uPVC replacement windows. The three storey return has a hipped natural slate roof with blue-black hip and ridge tiles and rendered chimney with moulded corbel, shared with the return of No. 10 Crawford Square. To the rear of the site is an outbuilding with rough cast render finish and blank facade having a pitched roof with artificial slate roof covering. This building forms part of the stepped row of outbuildings associated with the houses on Crawford Square which front onto Academy Road. Setting: Facing north east over tree lined Crawford Square green, to the front, the main house is set back from the footpath and slightly elevated. It is approached by a path and a short flight of steps shared with the adjacent property and has a modest front garden enclosed by a dwarf wall and galvanised metal railings. Materials: Roof Natural Slate RWGs Cast Iron/uPVC to rear Walling Painted Render Windows Timber Sash/uPVC to rear