Nethercroft, 20 James Street

Circa 1804 with later additions to rear. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical gabled townhouse with outhouse to side. Roughcast render over sandstone with painted ashlar margins. Rubble base course; dentilled eaves course. Quoin strips; raised window and door margins. 2-leaf timber panelled front door in plain margin architrave to front; regular fenestration. Regular fenestration to rear with central round-arched staircase window; flat-roofed 20th century extension below stair window; 2-storey piend-roofed 19th century addition to right of stair window. Single-storey outbuilding containing privy and former wash house adjoining E gable.

Predominantly 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows, 2 non-traditional uPVC windows to front at ground floor (see Notes). Ashlar-coped skews. Coped gablehead stacks with some red clay cans; corniced stack to wash house. Graded grey slate.

INTERIOR: half-glazed timber panelled lobby door. Curved stone staircase. Decorative cornicing to principal bedroom (former drawing room); plain cornicing to other rooms. Timber panelled doors throughout. Copper in wash house.