31 Fountain Street, Londonderry, Co. Londonderry, BT48 6QX

Victorian mid-terrace two-bay two-storey with attic polychromatic brick townhous with natural slate pitched roof. Built c.1883. Rectangular on plan. Principal elevation faces South-east onto Fountain Street overlooking former industrial buildings with natural slate pitched roof to the opposite side of the street and set at the back of the pavement with Natural slate pitched roof. Built as part of a terrace row of fourteen similar houses of this type lining the North-west side of Fountain Street. South-east elevation is set in English Garden Wall brick bond with Victorian industrial brickwork dressings in contrasting colour; ornamental projecting brick cornice at eaves level with double band of black brick below; single segmental arch-headed window opening on the ground floor and two on the first floor; segmental arch-headed entrance door opening, one step up from pavement (with graphic panels depicting a six panel door at the time of survey). All openings have red brick voussoirs to heads with three bricks to the centre forming a ‘key-stone’ detail. Continuous decorative brick stringcourse in contrasting black colour occur on ground and first floors at sills and heads with a further row of black brick separated by three courses of red above sill and below head level. (Ground and first floor openings have graphic panels depicting windows at the time of survey). All sills have painted finish. North-east and South-west sides are abutted by adjoining buildings No.29 (HB01/19/094J) Fountain Street and No.33 (HB01/19/094L) Fountain Street. North-west elevation to the rear is of painted rendered finish, with a single window opening to the ground, first floor and attic to left and a single door to ground floor on the right (boarded at the time of survey). South-east boundary to the rear yard formed by the historic city walls. Pitched natural slate roof with black ridge tiles to the main roof. Large redbrick chimney stack rising from the north-east side, centred on ridge with 6 clay pots. Double band of black brick below a projecting decorative brick course with render above projection. Cast iron guttering to the front (SE) and half round u-PVC to the rear (NW) on drive through brackets. Setting: Built as part of a terrace row of fourteen similar houses of this type lining the north-west side of Fountain Street which is located just outside and backing onto the historic city walls between New Gate and Ferry Quay Gate and to the east of St Columb's Cathedral (HB01/19/001). Materials: Roof Natural Slate RWG Cast iron to front (SE) / half round u-PVC to the rear (NW) Walling Brick (SE) / Painted render (NW) Windows Boarded up with graphic panels (SE) / Boarded to rear (NW) at time of survey.