11 Sandy's Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

One of a terrace of four three-storey (+ attic) houses fronting the south side of Sandys Street. These four houses are symmetrically arranged around a central coach arch; this building is immediately left of the coach arch which it shares with no.10. It is three bays wide, including the bay over the coach arch. (although the second floor room at front and attic both belong to no.10).

Pitched artificial slate roof with modern skylight to both pitches. Rendered chimney on left gable. Half-round metal gutters with downpipe at left on facade.

Walls to street are painted and line rendered. On left side is a canted bay rising to eaves, with finialed artificial slate hipped roof. Ground floor has banded rustication. Plain projecting cill course at first floor, moulded cillcourse at second floor, and moulded cornice. Platband runs below each of these courses. Front door is four panel painted timber original with rectangular transom. Bay at left has a 1/1 sliding sash window to each face and granite cills. Identical windows to upper floors of bay. To right of door is a segmental coach arch (within infilled head and platband across façade following line of head). It contains a pair of t+g sheeted doors.

Bay containing front door has a 1/1 sliding sash window at first and at second floor; door is offset slightly to right of window above. Above coach arch is a similar but much narrower window to each floor (that at top belongs to no.10). All windows have stop ended chamfered reveals and granite cills; those at top diminished in height.

Right and left gables form party walls with adjoining houses (HB16/28/100B, HB16/28/100D respectively).

House separated from footpath by a rendered brick wall. Two granite steps from street to path, with granite step to front door.

Wall at rear is cement rendered. A two-storey return abuts at middle. To right of this is a 1/1 sliding sash window to each floor of main block. Above the return is a 1/1 sliding sash window to half landings between first and second floor. To left of return is coach arch at ground floor. The inside faces of this arch are of unrendered brick. There is a 1/1 sash window to each floor above on this bay.

The return has a pitched natural slate roof (with skylight in left pitch) and rendered walls. It has one window at ground floor and one to first floor on left cheek. Right cheek contains central door with 1/1 sliding sash window to either side (that at right boarded up). Above are two 2/2 sashes in line with windows below. Tall chimney rises from back gable of this return, which is also abutted by a one-storey lean-to. This has a corrugated asbestos roof. There is a sheeted timber door on its right cheek and a small two-pane fixed window to its left cheek.

Yard enclosed to rear by a two-storey outhouse (shared with no.12). It has a pitched natural slate roof, random rubble granite walls, and brick dressings to openings. Sheeted timber door at ground floor left on elevation facing to house. Opening to its right has a sheeted timber shutter with vertical timber bars to front. At first floor are two openings; that above the door is open with vertical bars, and that at right is a six-pane fixed light.

Historical information

This building first appears on the 1880 entry of the Valuation revision book (although occupied for the first time in the following year). Its lessor is Elizabeth Anderson, who also owned the other houses in this terrace, erected about the same time. The outbuilding is noted as having been finished in the 1883 valuation entry.

Primary Sources:

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