1-26 Park Terrace (consec)

One of a double row of terraced houses facing each other across pavements, road, and a narrow green. The houses were built in pairs, each with a side entrance, one window above, and one to the ground floor, sharing a central stack and roofline. The roofline steps accommodate the rising ground between pairs. The houses are constructed of roughly dressed ironstone, with each opening bordered by large stones and massive single lintels, some brick to the stacks. They were originally roofed with Welsh slate, though most are now replaced with concrete tiles, with blue brick ridge tiles. Originally, the windows were 8/8 pane sashes; a few remain, but later modifications include horned sashes. Most glazing is now late 20th-century PVC-U, although the original window openings and deep sills remain unaltered. The rear elevations originally had similar glazing and, according to an 1875 Ordnance Survey map, had no rear extensions, though these are now common. Few dividing fences exist between the properties, but at the end of each double plot is a separate stone and slate WC and coal shed, many of which survive in adapted form. At each terrace end, except for the south-east end, is a later house that differs from the standard pattern.