45 Clarendon St., Londonderry

Early-Victorian mid-terraced two-bay three-storey brick Georgian-style townhouse, built c.1862. Rectangular on plan with projecting rear return, principal elevation faces North onto Clarendon Street set behind low rendered boundary wall topped with coping stone and painted decorative railings. Built part of a terrace row of similar houses of this type lining the south side of Clarendon Street. Slated pitched roof with single dormer to the front. Principal elevation is of Flemish brick bond on painted rendered plinth base; square-headed window openings, all windows are 6/6 timber sliding sash with two windows to the ground, first and second floor levels; elliptical arched opening to entrance doorway with moulded cornice supported by scrolled corbel brackets with acanthus leaf detail on moulded pilasters, painted timber door and Adam style fanlight above. East and West sides are abutted by adjoining building No.43 & No.47 Clarendon Street (HB01/21/005T & HB01/21/005V). South elevation is three-storey cement rendered with two-storey rear return, door opening onto rear yard. The fenestration pattern is irregular, 6/6 sliding sash windows to ground, first and second floors and 6/3 timber sliding sash window to attic level. 6/6 timber sliding sash window to first floor of rear return and casement window to second floor, single small 2/2 timber sliding sash window to east elevation of rear return above door. Single storey cement rendered extension to rear return has casement windows throughout and natural slate pitched roof. Pitched slate roof has black clay ridge tiles to main roof and to dormer at the front. Large brick chimney stack rising from the East side, centred on ridge with seven clay pots has been rebuilt with modern red brick. Cast-iron guttering and circular downpipe to front and rear. Setting: Built as part of a row of twelve mid-Victorian townhouses which line the south side of Clarendon Street. Located within the Clarendon Street Conservation Area, the front of the property faces north and is set behind a low rendered boundary wall topped with coping stone and painted decorative railings. Materials: Roof Natural Slate RWG Cast Iron Walling Brick Windows Timber sliding sash