Building MPM733 - HARDY HOUSE AND NUMBERS 61 AND 62

3 houses. Late C18. Red brick in Flemish bond. Nos 60 and 61 have hipped plain tile roofs, No.60 has capped rendered stack on left. No.62 hipped Welsh slate roof, rendered stack on left and brick stack on rear pitch. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; No.60 with 2 bays, Nos 61 and 62 with 3 bays. No.60 has 6-panelled door on left with overlight, set in panelled reveal, Doric entablature over with triglyphs. 4 stone steps to entrance. On left 16-pane sash set under rendered slightly cambered arch. Band at first floor. No.61 has 6-panelled door to right set in panelled reveal, overlight with decorative glazing bars, flanking reeded pilasters with Doric capitals, moulded frieze and pediment over with dentils to cornice. 3 stone steps to entrance. On left two 12-pane sashes set under cambered brick arches. No.62 has 5-panelled door to right, female head knocker, fanlight with swagged radial lead glazing bars, set in round-headed panelled reveal with flanking pilasters, and open moulded pediment. Head sculptures at each side of pediment. On left two 12-pane sashes set under flat brick arches. 4 marble-faced steps to entrance with flanking scrolled railings. 12-pane sashes to first and second floors under flat gauged brick arches. Brick dentil band over second floors. Coped parapets. INTERIOR not inspected. (Balfour A: Portsmouth: London: 1970-: 33; Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 47; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd DW: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1967-: 452).

Selected Sources
Book Reference - Author: A Balfour - Title: Portsmouth - Date: 1970 - Page References: 33
Book Reference - Author: Lloyd, DW - Title: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs - Date: 1974 - Page References: 47
Book Reference - Author: Pevsner, N - Title: The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - Date: 1967 - Journal Title: The Buildings of England - Page References: 452 - Type:

Historic England, The National Heritage List for England (Index). SPM35.