12 Crawford Square, Londonderry

Three storey two bay rendered Italianate style terraced house built in 1874, most likely 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.11 Crawford Square (HB01.22.00K). Pitched natural slate roof continuous with No. 11 Crawford Square and large buff brick chimney with moulded corbel and buff clay pots shared with No.13 (HB01.22.003M). Timber fascia boards and moulded soffit with paired block modillions; half round cast iron guttering discharging to circular cast iron downpipe. The front elevation has a two storey three sided canted bay with parapet, 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. 11 Crawford Square. The semi-circular arched doorcase has a hood mould with keystone, decorative console brackets and is recessed with a moulded soffit, glazed fanlight, tiled step and a pair of panelled outer doors. A glazed inner door has slender timber columns with moulded capitals to each side, a rectangular fanlight and an original timber door with glazed top panel and single moulded bottom panel. The space between the doors has a flat ceiling with cornice. The rear elevation and three storey return are rendered with square-headed window openings and replacement uPVC windows to return (where seen). The return also has a hipped natural slate roof with blue-black hip and ridge tiles and buff brick chimney with moulded corbel, shared with the return of No. 11 Crawford Square. To the rear of the site is a stone built outbuilding with brick surrounds to openings and a pitched roof with artificial slates. 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 building 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. Roof Natural Slate RWGs Cast Iron to front elevation Walling Painted Render Windows Timber Sash to front elevation