9 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 painted rendered wall. Built as part of a row of similar houses of this type which line the south side of Clarendon Street. Pitched natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, large brick chimney stack rising from the west side, centred on ridge with seven clay pots. Cast-iron rainwater goods. 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 plain fanlight above. Single window to right of door (replaced a former bay window) 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. 7 & 11 Clarendon Street (HB01/21/005B & HB01/21/005D Respectively). South (rear) elevation is rendered three-storey with attic with painted smooth-rendered rear return to right having a door opening onto rear courtyard. Single storey lean-to extension with natural slate roof to left. The fenestration pattern is irregular with 6/6 sliding sash windows to first and second floors and casements to ground floor. Casement windows to rear return. The Yard is enclosed by natural rubble walls with remains of lean to building to south end, roof and wall missing. South (rear) elevation is rendered three-storey with attic abutted by a single storey natural slate roofed lean-to extension to left and a two-storey pitched roof return built at half landing height to right. Left bay of main block comprises a single four-pane replacement timber casement window to single-storey lean-to extension surmounted by a single 6/6 timber sliding sash window to first and second floors. Right bay is abutted by a two-storey rear return surmounted by a single 1/1 timber sliding sash window. 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 a low rendered wall enclosing a small hard surfaced area. Enclosed yard to rear. Mono-pitched mews building to rear has lost its roof and front wall. Materials: Roof Natural Slate RWG Cast Iron Walling Brick (N) Windows Timber