10 Sandy's Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

One of a terrace of three-storey (+ attic) houses fronting the south side of Sandys Street. These four houses are symmetrically arranged around a central coach arch, and this building is at right of coach arch which it shares with no.11. It is two bays wide, but also has, in the third bay above the coach arch, a room at front of second floor and the attic.

Pitched artificial slate roof with modern skylights to both pitches. Rendered chimneys on both gables. Half-round metal gutters with downpipe at right on façade shared with adjoining premises.

Walls to street are painted and line rendered. Ground floor has banded rustication. Plain projecting continuous cill course at first floor, moulded cill course at second floor, and moulded eaves cornice. Platband runs below each of these courses. At ground floor left is front entrance with original painted timber four-panel door and rectangular transom. To its right is a single storey canted bay window with cornice around flat roof (downpipe to right with decorative hopper. It has a 1/1 sliding sash window to each face and granite cills. The coach arch to the left of the front door will be described under HB16/28/101C. First and second floors each have two 1/1 sliding sash windows. There is a third narrower 1/1 sash window on second floor over coach arch at left. All windows have stop ended chamfered reveals and those at top are diminished in height. All openings are in line except door, which is offset slightly to left of window above.

House separated from footpath by wall which comprises a rendered plinth surmounted by a rendered brick wall. Area to front of coach arch has granite flags.

Left and right gables form party walls with adjoining houses (HB16/28/101C, HB16/28/101A respectively).

Walls at rear are rendered. A two-storey return abuts at right. At left is a 1/1 sliding sash window to each floor of main block. Above the return at half landing between first and second floor of main block is 1/1 sliding sash window. The return has a pitched artificial slate roof, with skylight to right pitch, and rendered walls. Right cheek has 1/1 top hung window at left and door at right. In line above are two 2/2 sliding sash windows. The gable of this return is abutted by a single storey lean-to addition. This has an artificial slate roof, and two modern doors and modern 1/1 top hung window on its back-facing wall.

Historical information

This building first appears on the 1878 entry of the Valuation revision book. Its lessor is Elizabeth Anderson, who also owned the other houses in this terrace, erected at the same time.

Primary Sources:

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

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.