Numbers 2 And 4 And Railings To Areas

Numbers 2 and 4 are a pair of town houses, now used as offices, dating from around 1800, with alterations made in the late 19th century and late 20th century. They are constructed of Flemish bond brown brick with pale headers and feature a slate roof that runs parallel to the front.

The building has a basement and three storeys. At the base, there is a painted stone plinth, with an unequal 12-pane sash window and a replaced window in the basement. The areas are enclosed by wrought-iron railings with moulded square iron posts at the inner corners. Access to the paired doors, which have six fielded panels, is via six stone steps leading into round-arched recessed porches that include 1-pane fanlights. On the ground floor, there are recessed sashes with one bar in the upper leaf on either side of the entrances. The first floor features four 12-pane sash windows, while the second floor has 9-pane sashes, one of which has an inserted upper hopper. A cornice and a one-course stone parapet complete the facade. Each gable has a pair of flush lateral chimneys; the south gable has a replaced 4-pane casement window, and the north gable has a sash window.

At the rear, there are two recessed 16-pane sashes on the ground and first floors, along with a 12-pane unequal sash and an altered sash on the second floor. A central projecting extension made of timber on cast-iron columns is present on the upper storeys, likely from the late 19th century.

Inside, the basements have flat ceilings with exposed beams and stone steps. The upper storeys feature architraves around the windows and doors, some adorned with corner roses, as well as cornices. The dogleg staircase has an open string, shaped brackets, stick balusters, and a swept rail. The interior was altered, and some doors were removed during the conversion to offices in the 1980s by C Stananought.