Crown Street Backs of Houses

Not my best picture this, but memorised from the car rather than done from a photo. This is the back of a house on Crown Street. This round tower probably houses a staircase. It is small but was once pretentious; the top is rendered. The bottom has the render stripped, revealing small brick pilasters, which should be covered to give a classical effect. It has a stumpy conical roof. The house has obviously come down in the world. Crown Street is a faintly seedy area of b and b's, takeaways and cheap flats. Among it you can find interesting buildings of the early C19th and small private lanes. The road itself meanders crookedly from Union Street down the hill towards Ferryhill, off the beaten track. Worth exploring. I may have to do a photo walk there.