Newman House

Attached five-bay four-storey over basement former mansion, built c. 1765, with bowed western-bay to rear (south) elevation. Now in use by the university. Flat roof, concealed behind parapet comprising moulded granite cornice with leaded coping, brick chimneystacks to east and west, concealed gutters and cast-iron downpipes to east and west gables. Ashlar granite walling to principal (north) elevation, rusticated to ground floor, with continuous sill course over moulded stringcourse to first floor level. Brown brick laid in English garden wall bond to east and west elevation, areas refaced in red and yellow brick to east. Ruled-and-lined rendered to basement level beneath entrance platform. Square-headed window openings with projecting granite sills and moulded architraves to upper floors, those to first floor lugged and shouldered with pediments; triangular to central and outer bays, segmental to remainder. Largely nine-over-six replacement timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns to basement and upper two floors, six-over-six to second floor, three-over-three to third floor and six-over-three to basement half-fanlight timber casement windows to underside of entrance platform, spoked to east, with rendered sills. Brick voussoirs and concrete sill to east elevation third floor window. Round-headed central entrance door with granite pilaster surround rising to moulded imposts, architrave and archivolt, studded and panelled timber door with brass furniture and fanlight, recent glazed sliding door to centre accessed via granite step. Doorcase framed by distyle Doric porch over pedestals, comprising triglyph frieze, ornately carved soffit and modillioned cornice, topped by sculpted recumbent lion. Square-headed vehicular opening to west-bay of basement having timber battened double-leaf doors featuring X-bracing, central panels faced with lancet-headed arches beneath tripartite wired-glass overlights. Square-headed openings to east and west basement level on each side of entrance platform, having plain surrounds, replacement timber doors and overlights. Granite platform to central door opening accessed from street via nine granite steps, flanked by cast-iron railings on granite plinth which enclose basement wells to east and west. Railings punctuated by decorative cast-iron posts over granite piers, topped with finials and having cast-iron lamp standards to those flanking entrance steps (lamps removed). East basement well accessed via granite steps with plain cast-iron handrail; vehicular cast-iron gates to western-bay of north elevation.