14 Crawford Square, Londonderry

Three storey two bay rendered Italianate style terraced house built in 1875, most likely to designs by Robert Collins. Rectangular plan form facing north east with a three storey rendered return to rear with attached single storey kitchen 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. 13 Crawford Square (HB01.22.00M). Pitched natural slate roof continuous with No. 13 Crawford Square and large buff brick chimney with clay pots shared with No.15 (HB01.22.003O). Timber fascia boards and moulded soffit with paired block modillions; half round cast iron guttering discharging to circular cast iron downpipe on No. 13. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods to rear elevation with gutters supported on rise and fall brackets. 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. 9 Crawford Square. The recessed arched doorcase has a moulded soffit, tiled step and contains an original four panelled door with glazed upper panels and plain semi-circular fanlight over. The doorcase has a hood mould with keystone and decorative brackets. The rear elevation is rendered with square headed window openings having 6/6 double hung sliding sashes windows. The three storey return 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. 13 Crawford Square. The return is also rendered with square-headed window openings having 6/6 timber sashes to the upper floors. An attached single storey rendered outshot does not extend the full width of the return and has a gabled monopitch natural slate roof and replacement gutters on rise and fall brackets. Window and door openings at ground floor level not seen. At the rear of the site is a stone built outbuilding. This building forms part of the stepped row of outbuildings associated with the houses on Crawford Square which front onto Academy Road. The Academy Road elevation is exposed stone with brick dressings and has a modern garage door and a high level timber window. Setting: Facing north east over tree lined Crawford Square green, to the front, the main house 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 hedge. Roof Natural Slate RWGs Cast Iron to front elevation, uPVC to rear Walling Painted Render Windows Timber Sash