40 Canal Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Three storey (+ attic) two bay house, left of a pair (other no.42 - HB16/25/026B) on west side of Canal Street.

Pitched natural slate roof with red brick chimney (with five pots) to left gable. South gable is not at right angles to the frontage and has corbelled oversailing eaves and a raised coping. Semicircular metal rainwater goods with plastic downpipe to left.

Left bay is double the width of right. East elevation (façade) is lined render with painted basecourse and bootscraper niche to left of front door. Main entrance is at ground floor right and consists of a four panelled (raised fielded and bolection moulded) painted timber door with beaded muntin and two paned glazed transom over. All windows to facade are 2/2 painted timber (vertically divided) sliding sashes with horns and painted granite cills. At ground floor left are two windows, both with wrought iron barred guards, each ball-topped enclosing most of lower sash area.

There are three equally spaced windows to each upper floor. All in line with ground floor openings, with those to second floor diminished in height. North gable forms party wall with adjacent property (no.42). South gable is cement rendered and devoid of openings.

Rear elevation is unpainted lined cement render and is abutted to left and right at ground floor by single storey extensions. All windows to rear are 2/2 painted timber sliding sashes with horns and granite cills. There is one on the remaining wall to centre at ground floor. To first floor left is a glazed painted timber door leading to left extension roof. To left between first and second floor is a landing window, with similar to second floor left and a similar smaller window (but diminished in height) between ground floor and attic. Left extension has a flat felt roof and has cement rendered walls, devoid of openings. Right extension has an artificial slated mono-pitched roof with modern barge and eaves boards. Walls are cement rendered and there is a modern timber and glass door and modern window on left cheek and a modern timber window to rear gable.

Historical information

First appears in the 1871 Valuation Revision entry along with the adjoining house (HB16/25/026B). Vacant site prior to this.

Sources:

1. PRONI – VAL 12E/125/1/7 (1861/73 map);
2. PRONI – VAL 12B/15/1A, p.176.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Pleasant terrace house of some group value but of insufficient quality to warrant special protection.