Wellington Terrace

A terrace of 14 town houses built around 1850, located on Wellington Street in Preston. The houses are constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. Number 73 has been painted. Each house has a double-depth plan and is single-fronted, forming a 26-window range. Numbers 85 and 87 project slightly, with a corner pilaster on the left side. A first-floor sill band steps down slightly between numbers 87 and 89, and the property features a plain frieze and moulded cornice with a blocking course.

Each house has a basement area protected by spear-headed railings with a gate and four steps leading to the front door. The front door has a moulded surround and cornice on consoles, surmounted by a panelled door with overlight. The ground floor has one window with a raised sill and wedge lintel, while the first floor has two similar windows. Most of these windows are sash windows, although the glazing has been altered at numbers 67, 69, 71, 73, 85 and 87. The second floor features a low window with a raised sill. Most of the windows contain six panes of glass but some have been altered.

To the right of number 91, the terrace continues with two ground-floor windows and coupled windows on each floor above, belonging to number 93, which has a later addition to the right containing the entrance. Chimneys are located on the front slope of the roof. The rear of the properties feature basements at ground level.

The interior includes former kitchens and service rooms in the basements. This is a good example of early Victorian terraced town houses, facing a street which retains its original boulder-cobbled surface and flagged pavements, and forming a group with the former Church of St Mark opposite.