Kingsley House, Edward House And Attached Railings

Kingsley House, Edward House, and the attached railings are four terraced seaside houses, now converted into flats, built around 1863 by John Ross of Darlington for the Saltburn Improvement Company. They are constructed from Pease brick with sandstone dressings, with some areas painted at Nos 11 and 17, and the ground floor of No. 13. The roofs are mostly covered in grey-green slate and feature brick chimneys. The buildings have cast-iron balconies and railings.

The houses are four storeys high, including attics and a basement. Each house has a two-window range, except for Edward House (No. 17), which has a four-window range. There are ten steps leading up to a six-panel, two-leaf door at the right of each house, now united, featuring circular middle panels and shaped overlights. No. 17 has a 20th-century six-panel door in a narrowed opening. The doors are framed by stone surrounds with moulded chamfered jambs and a raised keyed stone segmental head.

Each house has canted bay windows extending through the basement and three storeys to the left of the door, with single lights over the door and paired lights on the top floor. Some glazing has been renewed, especially at No. 17, which has 2-light casements opening onto the first-floor balcony, except at No. 17. The ground and second-floor bays of Nos 11-15 feature 4-pane sash windows over the canted bay. There are impost bands on each floor, with cornices on the first floor and plain heads on the second, while the top floor has keyed segmental heads.

The ground-floor balcony has a simple arcaded balustrade resting on slender iron piers, while the first-floor balcony is supported by scrolled iron brackets and features an elaborate cast-iron balustrade with foliage patterns. The floors above have sill bands, and there is a bracketed and modillioned eaves cornice. The mansard roof includes segment-headed dormers with sashes for Nos 11 and 13, and a pivoting light for No. 15, while No. 17 has enlarged renewed dormers with flat heads. The large transverse ridge chimneys have panelled and corniced top sections.

The interior has not been inspected. The area railings on the dwarf stone wall have been renewed but are in keeping with the original ironwork.