10 Hamilton Drive

One of a group of similar semi-detached houses, on Hamilton Drive, built c1886-1888, possibly for Frederick Messom. Area previously used for garden allotments known as Fishpond Gardens. In single household use. Three storeys including attic space with part two storey and part single storey rear wing plus, originally, a small outbuilding / privy. No significant extensions to original building. Red brick facades. Three storey canted window bay on front facade with hipped plain tile roof. Corbelled brick / terracotta detailing at eaves and gable verges with double, shaped or moulded brick / terracotta string courses at storey height levels on front facade. Stone dressings to door and window openings including complete surrounds on front facade with lintels and sills on side and rear elevations. The stonework has now been painted. Gabled roof with large side gable, hipped gable over canted bay on front facade and gable dormer facing garden. Gables to stepped roof on rear wing. Plain tiles with decorative perforated clay ridge tiles. Original brick chimney stacks with string course and corbelled red and blue brick caps. Buff ‘crown’ chimney pots. Two shared stacks to main house plus single stack at gable to rear wing. Original lean-to canopy over main entrance door with patterned plain tiles and carved wood bracket with decorative side panel. Original sash windows generally, some with glazing bars, plus six panel partly glazed main entrance door. Casements to second floor bay window. Roof window added. Original cast iron rainwater fittings replaced and further downpipes added. Small back garden area with rebuilt brick rear boundary walls and gate piers. Original brick boundary wall and gate piers, with caps, enclosing small front garden area adjacent to Hamilton Drive.