3 Clumber Crescent South

One of a pair of houses (with 4 South Road). Possibly by architects Hine & Son c1870-75. Now converted into flats. Red brick with ashlar dressings and slate hipped and gabled roof. Two storeys plus basement and attics. Original single storey wing to yard area now converted for garage use, possibly by Swann & Wright c1925. Three storey rectangular window bay on road front plus three storey canted window bay with hipped roof on side. Two storey canted window bay with hipped roof overlooking garden. Bull nose brick detail with corbelling at eaves and gable verges plus string course with nailhead brick moulding at first floor level. Moulded and splay brick details to a number of window reveals with semicircular arched heads with voussoirs to second floor windows on side bay. Part of ground floor brickwork now rendered and painted. Stonework details include head and sill bands, door and window surrounds including moulded main entrance doorway, large mullioned window plus shaped lintels and sills including Venetian window opening on road front gable. Also, stone kneelers to gables with angled and corner details on bays and chimney stacks. Slate roof with gables, gabled dormer and hipped bays. Clay ridge and hip tiles. Lead flashings to canted bay facing garden. Roof windows added. Original red brick chimney stack removed. Central red brick stack rebuilt. Original rainwater fittings replaced and further pipework added. Originally, combination of plain and single bar sash windows, now a number of alterations and replacements. Prominent original boundary wall enclosing garden adjacent to Cavendish Crescent South with coursed rubble stone plinth, blue brick plinth stretchers and red brick garden wall with moulded string course and saddleback copings. Original brick boundary wall adjacent to Clumber Crescent South now partly rebuilt with enlarged opening to provide access for car parking in former yard area.