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, a single window above, and one to the ground floor, sharing a central stack and roofline. The roofline steps accommodate the rising ground between each pair. They are constructed of snecked roughly dressed ironstone, with each opening bordered by large stones and massive single lintels; some stacks are brick. The roofs were originally Welsh slate, though most are now replaced with concrete tiles, finished with blue brick ridge tiles. The original windows were 8/8 pane sashes, with a few surviving, although later replacements are horned sashes. Most glazing is now late 20th century PVC-U, but 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 previously lacked rear extensions, although those are now common. There are few dividing fences between the properties. Each double plot originally had a separate stone and slate WC and coal shed at the end, many of which survive in an adapted form. At each terrace end – except the southeastern end – is a later house that differs from the standard design.