29 Clarendon St., Londonderry

An end-of-terrace two-bay three-storey Georgian-style townhouse with attic, built in 1862 as part of a row of similar houses (nos. 31-51 Clarendon Street). The building is constructed of red brick and rendered materials, with a rectangular plan and projecting rear return. A rendered two-storey mews building stands to the rear, fronting onto Queen Street.

The principal elevation faces north onto Clarendon Street, set behind a low rendered wall surmounted by black painted metal railings. The north-facing front is of Flemish brick bond with a rendered plinth. The entrance comprises a three-centred-arch opening with a moulded surround, flanked by columns of the Doric order supporting a recessed moulded cornice, with a painted timber four-panelled door surmounted by an Adam-style fanlight. To the right of the door is a single window, with two windows on each of the first and second floors, not aligned with the ground floor opening. All windows are square-headed with painted cement rendered reveals and sills. All windows throughout are 6/6 timber sliding sash unless otherwise stated. A narrow pitched roof dormer is centred on the elevation, containing a 6/3 timber sliding sash window. The roof is pitched natural slate with black clay ridge tiles, a single front dormer, and a large brick chimney stack rising from the east side and centred on the ridge, topped with seven clay pots. Cast-iron guttering runs front and rear with a circular downpipe to the rear.

The east (gable) elevation is of Flemish brick bond with painted render finish to ground floor level. Single 6/6 timber sliding sash windows are positioned at first and second floor levels at the far right. The gable is surmounted by a large red brick chimney with seven pots.

The west elevation is abutted by the adjoining building at No. 31 Clarendon Street.

The south (rear) elevation is three-storey brick with attic. The configuration comprises a complex arrangement of adjoining returns. The right bay of the main block has a single 6/6 timber sliding sash window to ground, first and second floor levels. The left bay is abutted by a rear return; the exposed section on the second floor level has a 6/3 timber sliding sash window. A three-storey rear return projects to the left, its south gable abutted by a two-storey brick return. The exposed section has a single 6/6 timber sliding sash window to first floor level. The east face of the three-storey return has a single diminutive 2/2 timber sliding sash window to first and second floor levels, with the ground floor not visible at time of survey. The west face is blank. A small two-storey rear return abuts this; its east face has a 6/6 timber sliding sash window to first floor, with ground floor not visible at time of survey. Its west face is blank. A larger two-storey rear return has a blank north face (partly abutted to the right by the small two-storey return), an east face with two 6/6 timber sliding sash windows to first floor, and a south face abutted by the mews building, with a blank gable surmounted by a tall red brick chimney with a single pot. Its west face is blank. A two-storey mews building is rendered with natural slate roof and timber fascia, soffit and barge boards. Its north face is partly abutted by the large two-storey rear return; the exposed section is blank. The east (gable) face has a single tripartite (6 pane, 9 pane, 6 pane) timber casement window centred on the ridge to first floor and a square-headed door opening to ground floor right, comprising a recessed moulded cornice supported by Doric columns either side of a painted timber four-panelled door. The south face (onto the rear alleyway) has a painted vertically sheeted timber door to the right and a single casement window to the left at ground and first floor. The west face is completely abutted by the mews building of No. 31 Clarendon Street.

The building is located within the Clarendon Street Conservation Area at the junction of Clarendon Street and Queen Street. A small enclosed yard lies to the rear, bounded by a rendered wall along Queen Street and a two-storey mews building (12a Queen Street) to the south.

Materials: Natural slate roof, cast-iron rainwater goods, brick and render walling, and timber windows.