73 Clarendon St., Londonderry

Victorian mid-terraced two-bay three-storey, with dormer-attic level redbrick Georgian-style townhouse. Built c.1861. Rectangular on plan with projecting return to rear. Principal elevation faces north set behind a low painted concrete block wall built on what appears to be original plinth wall. Built as part of a terrace row with similar houses of this type lining the north and south side of Clarendon Street. North elevation is of flemish bond brick; windows are square-headed 6/6 timber sliding sash to ground, first and second floors, with a 6/3 timber sliding sash window to the projecting pitched roofed attic dormer. Segmental arch opening to entrance doorway with moulded cornice supported by a pair of columns and plain fanlight above with painted timber door. Single roof dormer set above eaves level, painted to front, vertical slate to sides and slated pitched roof with 6/3 timber sliding sash window. West elevation faces Francis Street which runs perpendicular to Clarendon Street. This elevation is unpainted render to both the main gable of the house as well as the return; the latter advances slightly forward of gable end to main house. All windows are timber sliding sashes. Gable end is asymmmetrical with two windows to right side; 6/3 to attic level and 6/6 to the first floor. Return has two windows each to ground and first floor levels; 6/3 to first and 6/6 to ground floor. A small rectangular vent is below window cill level to the far right. The east side of the building is abutted by the adjoining building No. 71 Clarendon Street (HB01/21/005FF). South elevation, three-storey with pitched roof rear return to right at half-landing level, smooth rendered (painted to E face) with door opening into rear yard. The fenestration pattern is irregular with both 6/6 sliding sash windows to ground, first and second floors and replacement timber casement windows to the return. The return of the property is abutted by No 61 Francis Street, a two storey with attic terrace with roofline similar to the return. Pitched natural slate roof, black clay ridge tiles to main roof and red terracotta ridge to return. Large red brick chimney stack rising from the east side, centred on ridge with 6 clay pots. uPVC guttering to front, side and rear elevations. Materials: Roof: Natural Slate RWG: Cast iron (N) / uPVC (S) Walling : Brick (N) / Smooth Render, unpainted (W) / Rendered brick S), smooth render, painted to rear return Windows: Timber Sliding Sash (N & W) / mix of Timber Casments and Sliding Sash (S) Setting: Built as part of a pair of two Victorian townhouses No. 71-73 (HB01.22.005GG) are at the end in a terrace of ten which lines the south side of Clarendon Street with building return onto Francis Street, within the Clarendon Street Conservation Area. To the rear the yard is bound by a combination of painted render and brick walls.