8-18, PERCY STREET

A terrace of six houses at 8-18 Percy Street, built around 1830. The houses are constructed of stone with a slate roof. They are two storeys high with an attic and basement, each house originally having three bays, though the end houses have only two. The ground floor features channelled rustication. A sill band, frieze, and cornice run above the first floor, with a top frieze, cornice and blocking course above that. The end houses project forward and have giant angle pilasters featuring unusual Corinthian capitals with wreaths on the frieze above. The attic storey has paired flat pilasters. The pediments contain wreaths and acroteria. Ground-floor windows have flat, panelled architraves and aprons. End-windows have consoled pediments. First-floor windows have panelled architraves, and attic windows have recessed reveals. The windows are largely sash windows, most with glazing bars. The porches have antae with honeysuckle capitals and acroteria, with those at numbers 12 and 14 being paired. The half-glazed doors have complete overlights. Iron area railings feature spearheads. Numbers 8 and 10 have iron balconies to the first floor. This is a notable terrace, contributing to one of the city’s finest streets.