42-46, Preston New Road

Nos 42 to 46 on Preston New Road are a short terrace of three Victorian townhouses, built in a palazzo style. The houses are constructed of red brick with stone dressings and feature a hipped slate roof with deep stone brackets. The roof rises as round arches over four half-dormers. The terrace has two main storeys, with the center house being larger and slightly projecting. It has a round-arched doorway in a shallow porch and a single round-arched sash window above, flanked by double round-arched sashes on each floor and two half-dormers at the eaves level. Nos 42 and 46 are symmetrically placed on either side, each with a similar doorway, one double round-arched sash on each floor, and one half-dormer. There is a rear wing at each end, set back from the front facade. This composition is dignified and unified, remaining largely unaltered except for the removal of glazing bars.