1-26 Park Terrace (consec)

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