12 Princes Street, Londonderry, Co. Londonderry, BT48 7EY

Victorian mid-terrace three-storey two-bay red-brick townhouse with semi-basement, built 1863 with a three-storey projecting rear return. Rectangular on plan, principal elevation faces west, built as one of a terrace of eight similar street-fronted townhouses lining the east side of Princes Street gently stepping from two to three storeys from south to north. Pitched artificial slate roof with terracotta clay ridge tiles and red brick chimney stack (rebuilt) with clay pots rising from the south side. Cast-iron guttering on iron rise-and-fall brackets. Principal elevation (west) is 3 storeys high, of hand-made red brick walling laid in 'English Garden Wall' bond with cement pointing; all window openings are square-headed on painted masonry sills with painted plaster band to reveals, bays on ground floor are not aligned with window bays on floors above, single window bay on ground floor right of entrance doorway with 6/6 timber sliding sash; elliptical arch headed entrance doorway, slightly recessed, has engaged fluted columns of the Doric order either side of a raised-and-fielded four panel painted timber door with entablature and a modest glazed fanlight with timber glazing bars above, door opens onto threshold up two concrete steps from the pavement; 6/6 timber sliding sashes on first floor and 6/3 timber sliding sashes on second floor level. All windows to front elevation appear to be replacement as trickle vents evident. Two grates on footpath under ground floor window giving light to basement level. North and south sides are adjoined to neighbouring properties No.10 Princes Street (HB01/21/036) & No.14 Princes Street (HB01/21/038). East elevation to the rear is of four-storeys and of smooth plain rendered unpainted finish. Three storey rear return built at half-landing height with a slated pitched roof and smooth plain rendered unpainted finish. Square-headed window openings on painted masonry sills. The fenestration pattern is irregular with replacement 6/6 timber casement windows to rear elevation; rear return also has replacement timber casement windows. Modern single storey flat roof rear extension with double doors opening into rear garden, located between the rear returns of Nos 10 & 12. Pitched artificial slate roof to rear with terracotta clay ridge tiles and rebuilt red brick chimney stack with seven terracotta clay pots rising from the south side. Cast-iron half-round guttering on iron rise-and-fall brackets terminating at a circular downpipe to both front and rear elevations. Roof Artificial slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Red brick/ unpainted render Windows Timber sliding sash (replacement) / Timber casement (replacement) Setting: Forming part of a terrace of eight similar houses lining the east side of Princes Street fronting directly onto the pavement. Long narrow rear yard enclosed by rendered wall with a three-storey rear return. Set within the Clarendon Street Conservation Area