Numbers 16 And 17 With Gatepiers To Street

Numbers 16 and 17 are a pair of houses built around 1836, featuring an ashlar facade and a Welsh slate roof. Designed in a Neo-classical style, they are two storeys high and each house has a symmetrical three-window range with a double-pile plan and outer hipped gabled wings. The central entrance is located in a full-height porch with a pyramidal roof at the angle formed by the wings. Each house has a six-panelled door set in a moulded stone architrave, with a narrow window above it. On each floor, there are 12-pane sash windows, although the lower window on the right side of house number 16 is partially obscured by an added lean-to verandah. The houses feature overhanging eaves and end wall stacks.

The rear elevation mirrors the front, with similar outer hipped gabled wings and canted bays on the ground floor. A balcony supported by cast-iron columns and stone brackets, adorned with ornate wrought iron railings, spans the central range. At the street front, there are paired gate piers with recessed panels and shallow pyramidal caps. These houses are part of the original Rock Park development, which was laid out in 1836 by J. Bennison.