1-15 Queens's Terrace, Queen's Square

Terrace of eight houses, constructed about 1850 for Middlesbrough’s early wealthy residents, now used as offices.

MATERIALS: numbers 1 to 11 are constructed in mottled brown brick, whilst numbers 13 and 15 are red brick. The entire roof is of Welsh slate.

PLAN: truncated at its southern end, the terrace of eight houses faces east onto Queen’s Square. There is a small forecourt enclosed by a low wall with modern railings. Each house formerly had a single projecting rear extension, although most have been removed.

EXTERIOR: numbers 1 to 11 are of two bays and constructed in English garden wall bond with painted rusticated quoins at the right end. Numbers one and three having a central common doorway with a late C20 imitation stone quasi-Composite open-pedimented surround. Numbers 5 to 11 have doorways at the left, with wood Roman Doric doorcases. There is a renewed Roman Doric porch at number 11. All doors are panelled under overlights, which have been renewed at numbers 1, 5 and 11. The doorway at number nine now holds a window. Numbers 1 to 11 also have two-storey canted bay windows, with wood pilaster mullions and entablatures and panelled first-floor aprons. The first bay to number five contains a central casement window. There are two windows on the second floor of each house which contain sashes. The sills are painted and have wedge lintels. Above is a bracketed wood eaves fascia and the roof is hipped at the right end (number one). There is a corniced transverse stack at the junction of numbers three and five, and partly-rebuilt stacks at numbers 1, and 7 to 15.

Numbers 13 and 15 are of two bays constructed in red brick in Flemish bond and are largely similar to the remainder of the terrace. Number 13 is slightly recessed and framed by the painted rusticated quoins of numbers 11 and 15. The doorways at the left and right now hold windows. The canted bays also have basement windows.

The north gable-end is two bays deep and features blocked windows to the ground floor, whilst the first and second floor contain sashes with glazing bars. There are modern metal grilles attached to the first- floor windows.

The rear has been altered but features three tall round-headed sashed staircase windows with glazing bars. Numbers 11 and 13 retain rear extensions.