35 Aberfoyle Terrace

Late-Victorian Edwardian end-of-terrace two-bay three-storey red brick townhouse with polychromatic dressing, built c.1911 to designs by the architect W.A. Barker. No.35 is notably different from the others on the terrace, along with (No.3 its counterpart to the north), both end-of-terrace houses stepping up to three-storeys high where as the remainder of the houses are of two-storeys with dormer attic level. Rectangular on plan with large projecting rear return. Principal elevation faces East onto Strand Road, set behind painted low brick wall with steel railings enclosing a concrete paved forecourt. Built as part of a terrace row of seventeen similar houses of this type lining the west side of Strand Road although the end of terrace houses have a slightly different expression from the main terrace. Slated pitched roof with a two-stage polychromatic brick chimney stack rising from the north side. Principal elevation (E) is of Flemish brick bond with projecting brick cornice at eaves; canted bay rises through two-storeys from ground floor level with a sill course to ground and first floor windows and a slightly projecting moulded cornice; segmental arch-headed window openings to canted bay, first and second floor levels, all windows are 1/1 timber sliding sashes; sill course to first floor windows spanning the width of the elevation. Semicircular arch-headed opening to entrance doorway, three steps up with a plain architrave surround to a painted six-panel fielded timber door and plain fanlight above. South elevation is blank cement rendered painted finish. North side is abutted by adjoining building No.33 Aberfoyle Terrace (HB01/22/014P). West elevation to the rear is three-storeys with a two storey rear return built at half landing height with a slated pitched roof. Black clay ridge tiles to main slated pitched roof and to rear return has black clay ridge tiles. Large polychromatic brick chimney rising from the north side, centred on ridge with circular buff clay pots. uPVC guttering and circular downpipe to front elevation. Setting: Aberfoyle Terrace is located on the western side of Strand Road, situated to the immediate north of Derry city centre. Magee College (University of Ulster) is located at high level to the immediate rear (west) of the terrace. No.35 is the last house in the terrace, at the south end. It is within the Magee Conservation Area. The River Foyle is located to the east. Materials: Roof : Natural Slate RWG: uPVC (E) Walling : Brick Windows : Timber Sliding Sash