47 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 concrete block 'crenellated' wall. Built as part of a terrace row of similar houses of this type lining 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 plain style fanlight above. Original windows have been altered to include glazing bars with replacement panes. East and West sides are abutted by adjoining building No.45 & No.49 Clarendon Street (HB01/21/00U & HB01/21/005W). South elevation is three-storey cement rendered with three-storey rear return, door opening onto rear yard. The fenestration pattern is irregular, 6/6 sliding sash window to ground and second floors, replacement casement windows to remaining floors throughout including return. Single storey cement rendered extension to rear return has replacement casement windows. Pitched slate roof has terracotta ridge tiles to main roof and black clay ridge tiles to dormer at the front. Large brick chimney stack rising from the East side, centred on ridge with six clay pots and a replacement terracotta pot. Cast-iron guttering and circular downpipe to front, uPVC rainwater goods to the 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 concrete block 'crenellated' wall. Materials: Roof Natural Slate RWG Cast Iron (N) uPVC (S) Walling Flemish Brick Bond Windows Timber Sliding Sash (N & S) uPVC (S)