45A, 46, 47 AND 48, PROMENADE

A terrace of four houses, probably dating from the 1840s and subsequently altered, located on the Promenade in Southport. The houses are now used as flats. They are constructed with white-painted rendered brick and have slate roofs, with a hipped roof to the right-hand end. Each house follows a double-depth plan and is double-fronted, with the exception of number 45A, which has its entrance on the return side.

The three-storey facades present a ten-window range, arranged in a pattern of 3:3:3:1. Architectural details include a plinth, plain Tuscan pilasters, a frieze and dentilled bracketed cornice to the ground floor, and a continuous jetty supporting the upper floors. A sill band runs along the second floor, and a dentilled and bracketed eaves cornice tops the building. At ground level, each house (excluding number 45A) has a large, round-headed doorway with pilaster jambs, moulded imposts and lintel, originally with a plain fanlight, although later altered with a narrower, glazed double door. These doorways are flanked by large canted bay windows. Number 45A has a single window similar to those found at the other properties.

Each alternate canted bay window extends to three storeys, alternating with windows of a straight-headed design on both upper floors. A cornice appears above the first floor. The windows now feature altered small-paned glazing, with the exception of the second stage of the canted bay at number 47, which has uPVC replacements. Chimneys are positioned on the front slope. The five-window return elevation is in a matching style, featuring a central doorway flanked by canted bay windows of three and two storeys, and round-headed windows on the second floor.

The interiors have been altered. The group of houses forms a visual relationship with numbers 42-45 (Stanley Terrace) to the right, and with numbers 49 & 50 adjoining to the left.