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, sharing a central stack and roofline. The roofline steps to accommodate the rising ground between the pairs. The buildings are constructed of snecked roughly dressed ironstone, with each opening bordered by large stones and massive single lintels, and brick detailing to the stacks. The original roofs were Welsh slate, but most have been replaced with concrete tiles, featuring blue brick ridge tiles. The windows were originally 8/8 pane sashes, and some remain; later adaptations include horned sashes, although most glazing is now late 20th century PVC-U, while original openings and deep sills are unaltered. The rear elevations originally had similar glazing and, according to an 1875 Ordnance Survey map, lacked rear extensions, although these are now common. Few dividing fences exist between the properties, but each double plot originally had a separate stone and slate WC and coal shed, many of which survive in adapted form. At each terrace end, except for the southeast end, is a later house that varies from the standard pattern.