7 Clarendon St., Londonderry

Mid-Victorian mid-terrace two-bay three-storey with attic red brick Georgian-style townhouse, built c.1861. Rectangular on plan with modern projecting rear return. Principal elevation faces north set behind low rendered wall surmounted by painted non-original black metal railings. Built as part of a row of similar houses of this type which line the south side of Clarendon Street. Pitched natural slate roof, black clay ridge tiles. Large rendered chimney stack rising from the West side, centred on ridge with seven clay pots. Cast-iron guttering and circular downpipes to the front. Principal front (north) elevation is of Flemish brick bond. All windows are 6/6 timber sliding sash with square-headed openings set within painted cement rendered reveals and painted sills. Three-centred-arch opening to entrance doorway with moulded cornice supported by columns of the Doric order to either side of a painted timber four-panelled door with Adam-style fanlight above. Single window to right of door with two windows to first and second floors (those to upper floors are not aligned with ground floor openings). East and west elevations abutted by adjoining buildings No. 5 & 9 Clarendon Street (HB01/21/005A & HB01/21/005C respectively). South (rear) elevation is rendered three-storey with attic abutted to right by a modern three-storey pitched roof return built at half landing height. The return is further abutted by a modern three-storey pitched roof block which is positioned to the rear of the site and runs parallel to the main building. Modern return and three-storey block to rear have casement windows and are of no interest. Left bay of main block comprises a single multi-pane replacement timber casement window to ground floor surmounted by a single 6/6 timber sliding sash window to first and second floors. Right bay is abutted by the modern rear return; exposed section is blank. Setting: Built as part of a row of twelve early to 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 bounded by Clarendon Street set behind low rendered wall surmounted by painted non-original black metal railings. Modern return and three-storey block to rear of site enclose a small yard. Materials: Roof Natural Slate RWG Cast Iron (N) / Upvc (S) Walling Brick / Render Windows Timber