1-8 Riverside

Architectural Description from National Heritage List Text Entries, © Historic England 2021.

Terrace of 8 houses. 1895. By Grayson and Ould. Brick with stone dressings, tile roofs. One storey with attic, 8 bays with 9th and 10th bays each recessed by one bay. 1st 2 bays break forward under hipped roof, central and end bays project under gables. Weathered stone base, Lombard frieze over ground floor, diapered band to projecting bays. Ground floor windows have chamfered stone lintels and leaded casements of one and 2 lights. 1st floor has leaded casements; central bay has paired 3-light canted oriels, end bays have paired 2-light windows, all with tile-hung gables swept out as canopies. Other bays have gabled dormers, most of 2 lights, that to 2nd bay of 4 lights. Entrances have stone surrounds and plank doors with leaded lights. 5 cross- axial stacks. 9th and 10th bays similar, 9th bay has 4-light canted oriel, return lateral stack and gabled bay. 10th bay has half-hipped roof, return has crow-stepped gable, dormer, cross-axial and rear stacks. Rear has gables to end bays and gabled and flat-topped dormers; privies.