80 Ninian Road

80-81 & 81a Ninian Road

A reflected pair of 2½-storey 2-bay houses in the freestyle influenced by Norman Shaw's Old English style, of brick with Bath stone dressings (painted to No 81) and slate roof (renewed to No 80) with panelled brick stacks to the sides and rear. The entrances are in the narrower inner bays. Projecting porches have rusticated elliptical arches with moulded imposts, surmounted by elliptical keyed oculi. Inside, the porches have decorative tiles to the dado, half-glazed fielded panel doors (with stained glass to No 80), and side and overlights. Above the porches are balconies behind swan-necked pediments (removed to No 81) to brick parapets. The balconies have replaced windows. The wider outer bays have intermittent stone quoins in a notional rustication. Two-storey canted bays have 3-light mullioned and transomed windows, the upper lights having coloured glass above the transoms in the lower storey. In the upper storey are small-pane upper sashes with elliptical arches to the meeting rails, and single pane lower sashes. A broad rock-faced sandstone band between storeys is wrapped around the angles. The canted bays support projecting gables, which are further supported by pairs of ornate diagonal wooden brackets on corbels. The gables are tile hung and incorporate bands of fish-scale tiles, projecting further forward on curved brackets above oriel windows. The oriel windows have paired sashes with elliptical arches to the meeting rails, with small-panes to the upper sash and single panes below.

The right side facing Morlais Street incorporates a separate dwelling (No 81a). This elevation has an external brick stack on the left side, terminating the sandstone band wrapped around the angle, and tile hanging beneath the eaves. Further right is a canted bay window, partly cut down to make a doorway. Above it are 2 windows under flat arches in the upper storey and a raked dormer. All have replaced glazing in original openings. To the right of the bay window are 2 segmental-headed 4-pane sash windows, above which is an oriel with replaced windows. A crenellated wall further right conceals a lean-to roof behind.

The left side wall (No 80) is similar to the right, with an external stack, right of which the wall is rock-faced stone, left of which the wall is roughcast. Both houses have 2-storey rear lean-tos, of roughcast walls and brick dressings, and replaced windows.