1-4, Camden Place

A row of three townhouses at 1-4 Camden Place, dating from around 1830, and altered subsequently. The houses were built in three distinct phases. They are constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with sandstone dressings, and have a slate roof. Each house has a double-depth plan, a single-fronted facade, and a rear extension. The houses are two stories high, with cellars beneath, and each has two bays. Vertical joints are visible between Nos. 1 and 2, and Nos. 3 and 4. A continuous frieze and moulded cornice runs along the top of the facades, extending over one bay to the left of No. 1; this bay is, in fact, a rear addition to No. 25 Ribblesdale Place.

Each house has an entrance doorway to the left, approached by two steps. The doorcases feature engaged Tuscan columns with square abaci, a plain frieze, and a moulded cornice, alongside plain jambs with impost blocks. They have panelled doors and elliptical fanlights (the original radiating glazing bars remain at No. 1, while the others have been altered). A sunk cellar window is positioned to the right of each doorway; the light wells for Nos. 1 and 2 are now covered by gratings, while those of the others are filled in. Each house has one window at ground floor level and two above, all with raised sills and wedge lintels, and sash windows. Most windows are without glazing bars, except for those on the first floor of No. 2, which are now top-hung casements. Nos. 1 and 3 each have a chimney on either side of the roof ridge, while the others no longer have chimneys.

The interiors of Nos. 1 to 3 have small entrance halls with panelled arches and moulded plaster modillions, and cellars below only the front rooms. No. 1 has a dog-legged staircase with stick balusters and carved brackets. The back yard of No. 2 contains a blocked well, which was filled in in 1878 following an order from the Sanitary Purposes Committee. No. 4 has been remodelled internally.