1,2, AVENHAM PLACE (See details for further address information)

A block of three townhouses located at 1 and 2 Avenham Place and No. 29 Frenchwood Street, built in the 1850s and altered since. The houses are constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. They have double-depth plans, with No. 29 being square and double-fronted, while the others are single-fronted to Avenham Place, each featuring a back extension. The buildings are two storeys high over cellars, with an ashlar plinth, a first-floor sill-band, a plain frieze, and a prominent moulded cornice that wraps around.

No. 29 has three bays and is almost symmetrical, with central openings slightly offset to the left. It features a doorway accessed by three steps, framed by a doorcase with engaged Ionic columns, an entablature cornice, a blocking course, a hollow-moulded surround, and a four-panel door with an overlight. The windows are sashed without glazing bars, all set with raised sills and wedge lintels, and the cellar windows are protected by gratings. The roof is hipped with chimneys on the side walls.

The right-hand return wall has three unequal bays with similar fenestration, including cellar windows. The rear continues with Nos. 1 and 2 Avenham Place, each having two bays and doorways to the right, also accessed by three steps. These doorways are round-headed with doorcases featuring engaged Tuscan columns, square abaci, a plain frieze, a moulded cornice with a blocking course, plain jambs with imposts, and semicircular fanlights (though the glazing has been altered). The fenestration is similar to No. 29, but most glazing has been changed except for the ground floor of No. 1. The buildings have ridge chimneys with stone cornices. The interiors were not inspected. This block is part of an early Victorian extension, designed in a harmonious style, complementing a previously complete set of late Georgian lower-middle class townhouses in the area.