Description

Earlier 19th century single storey and attic, 3-bay symmetrical villa with classical details flanked by 1900 2-storey, 2-bay blocks.

No 5a villa to centre: rendered and lined as ashlar

ashlar dressings. Base and eaves courses, cornice and blocking course; quoin-strips.

E (WILLIAM STREET/ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber aediculed doorway to centre, moulded ashlar ingoes, panelled door, plate glass fanlight, modern glazed vestibule door. Windows flanking with araised ashlar margins, apron, dentilled cornice, round-headed recessed panel above with partera to centre and blocked keystone. Broad ashlar dormer to centre with open-pediment, pilaster-quoins and ogee-headed window to centre with fleur-de-lis decoration at apex. Later timber bipartite slate-hung dormers flanking.

Replacement uPVC windows at ground, border glazed sash and case to attic. Grey slate roof, corniced ashlar end stacks. Original rainwater goods.

Nos.5 and 7: stugged snecked cream sandstone, ashlar dressing. Stop-chamfered arrises; cill course at 1st floor; timber bracketted eaves with ashlar breackets below eaves at angles.

No 5, villa to left:

E (WILLIAM STREET) ELEVATION: corniced doorpiece to right with panelled door and small pane fanlight, half-glazed vestibule door. Window to left and regular fenestration to 1st floor.

Plate glass sash and case windows. Piended grey slate roof.

No 7, villa to right:

E (WILLIAM STREET) ELEVATION: 3 bays at ground, pend entrance to outer left with raised margins, stop-chamfered arrises and ogee-moulding to lintel. Window flanking to right and to far right. 2 windows at 1st floor.

Modern aluminium windows at ground, border glazed sash and case at 1st floor. Piended grey slate roof, corniced ashlar stack above eaves to centre on E elevation, rendered end stack to right, polygonal moulded cans.

Statement of Interest

The flanking 2-storey blocks were added for Messrs G and R Grant, together with the villa they comprise a near-symmetrical design.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17777818

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2