26 Sandy's Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Right one of a pair of three-storey/two-bay terraced houses fronting the south side of Sandys Street, which here turns the corner into Talbot Street.

Pitched natural slate roof with rendered verges to both gables. Two gabled dormers (with plain barge boards) at front rising from eaves, and single similar dormer to rear. Cement rendered chimney to left gable. Half round metal rainwater goods with down pipes at left and middle of façade.

Walls of street façade are painted line render. Main entrance, at right, comprises a modern four panel stained timber door with narrow transom light over. At left is single 2/2 sliding sash window. There are two similar windows to each of the upper floors, in line with each other but not with the ground floor openings. All windows have painted granite cills.

Left and right gables abutted by adjoining houses (HB16/28/106B and HB16/28 /105B respectively).

Rear wall is cement rendered. At left is a two-storey return with monopitched artificial slate roof. A single storey flat roofed extension projects across remainder of ground floor, and extends beyond line of return. At first floor right on main block is a modern 1/1 top hung timber window, with similar in gable dormer above. At second floor left is a small 1/1 top hung timber window. Return back wall has a modern door to ground floor, and a top hung timber window to first floor. Extension has a large modern 2/1 window to rear wall, and a modern door to left cheek.

Yard to rear.

Historical information

This building is shown on the 1835 OS town map. The first valuation book notes its occupier in 1838 as one Stewart Dalzell. It is described in the 1863 second valuation has being 16ft 6in long by 21ft 0in wide by two and one quarter storeys high. The present building is likely to be the one shown on the 1835 map, and is therefore of earlier date. However, the dormers are almost certainly of later date, suggesting a later refurbishment.

Primary Sources:

1. OS map 1835 edition PRONI - OS 9/15/1/1
2. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI - VAL 1B/ 389, p.52.
3. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI - VAL 2B/3/69G, p.72.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Right one of a pair of three-storey/two-bay terraced houses fronting the south side of Sandys Street, which here turns the corner into Talbot Street. Features to façade are largely original but interior and rear extensively remodelled. Conservation area protection is more appropriate in this case.

General comments

Previously recorded in Windsor Hill ward as HB16/26/060