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5.23.2 Roofs• MaterialAll roofs are as original and are covered by blue clay tiles. There are no decorated orperforated ridge tiles. The gables are punctuated by finials.• Pitch and TypeFIGURE 15: Showing a gable to <strong>Hitchman</strong> <strong>Street</strong>; althoughdecorated, it is more modest than the gables to the VictoriaRoad elevation aboveThe steeply pitched roofs add scale and grandeur to the small terraces in contrast totheir immediate neighbours.5.23.3 Windows• Type and FenestrationAll the windows across the terraces appear to have been replaced with modern timbersash windows to a uniform design. They are not poor copies but they do lack anysense of individual detailing and the horns are crude. The sad thing is, they are not truecopies of the original fenestration and as such do not add to the architectural characterof the houses. The terraces were built at a time when window design was changing;careful examination of the archive photograph of Victoria Place shows clearly why thereplacement windows appear to be crude and “off the peg”. Originally the windows didnot have horns at all. The glazing bars were thinner and the upper sash panes were18
originally divided into four equal square panes each. This reflected the changingfashion and relative cheapness of larger panes of glass for the lower sashes. Originalexamples do survive in the shop at first floor level, see fig.14.Figure 16: Windows with moulded aprons curvedarches and prominent key-stones.5.23.4 DoorsNo original doors survive, again these have been replaced by well intentioned but badlyformed copies. The panel pattern is correct but the central panel is too high and thelower panels too long – the original ones were much squarer.There are no porches or hoods but there are brick door–cases which are either simplepilasters supporting pediments above fanlights or more elaborate examples rising abovethe ground floor cornice to a split pediment supporting a larger pediment and decoratedpanels.Both examples use the pairing of doorways to create a greater sense of scale andimportance. The doorways are further enhanced by the use of fanlights to exaggeratethe height of the entrance.19
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