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 having a door to the side, one window above and one to the ground floor, and sharing a central stack and roofline. Steps are incorporated into the roofline to accommodate the rising ground between the pairs. They are constructed of roughly dressed ironstone with snecked (irregular) facing, with each opening bordered by large stones and massive single lintels. Brick is used for the stacks. Originally roofed with 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 remain; later adaptations include horned sashes, and most glazing has been replaced with late 20th century PVC-U, though the original openings and deep sills remain unaltered. The rear elevations originally had similar glazing, as shown on an Ordnance Survey map of 1875, and did not have rear extensions, although these are now common. Few dividing fences exist 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. A later house, differing from the standard pattern, is located at each terrace end except the southeastern end.