9 Sandys Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

One of a terrace of four three-storey (+ attic)/ two-bay houses fronting the south side of Sandys Street. These four houses are symmetrically arranged around a central coach arch. This building, which is two bays wide, is at the right hand end of the block.

Pitched artificial slate roof with modern skylight to each pitch. Rendered chimney on right gable. Half-round metal gutters with downpipe to left on facade.

Walls to street are painted and line rendered, with stepped stucco quoins at right on upper floors. Ground floor has banded rustication. Plain projecting continuous cill course at first floor, moulded cill course at second floor, and moulded eaves cornice. A platband runs below each of these courses.

At ground floor left is front entrance - a modern stained timber eight-panel door with rectangular transom. To its right is a single-storey canted bay window with cornice around flat roof; downpipe to left. It has a 1/1 sliding sash window to each face and granite cills. First and second floors each have two 1/1 sliding sash windows. All windows have stop ended chamfered reveals; top floor windows diminish in height. All openings in line except door, which is offset to left of window above.

Right gable is abutted by lower building (HB16/28/100B); exposed section of wall is cement rendered. Left gable forms party wall with adjoining house (HB16/28/101B).

House separated from footpath by wall which comprises a rendered plinth surmounted by a rendered brick wall

Wall at rear is rendered. A two storey return abuts at right. At left, on main block, is a 1/1 sliding sash window to each floor. The return has a pitched natural slate roof and is also rendered. It has a modern door and window to left cheek at ground floor and modern window over door at first floor. Lean-to shed on ground floor gable. Above the return, at half landing between first and second floor of main block, is 1/1 sliding sash window.

Historical information

This building first appears on the 1878 entry of the Valuation revision book. It was occupied for the first time the following year. Its lessor is Elizabeth Anderson, who also owned the other houses in this terrace (HB16/28/101B-D), erected at the same time.

Primary Sources:

1.Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI - VAL 12B/22/14C, p.133 (house no.6);
2.Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI - VAL 12E/125/1/13.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
I. Quality and survival of Interior
K. Group value

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Right end one of a terrace of four three-storey (+ attic) houses centred on a coach arch. It is mostly origjnal and intact. Important as a group and within the context of Sandy's Street.