Numbers 1, 1a and 2-15 (Consecutive) Garden Railings and Gates Attached

This is a terrace of 16 houses with attached front garden railings and gates, originally built around 1853, with extensions added in the later 19th century. The terrace was designed by G.T. Andrews. The houses are constructed of pink-grey mottled brick, using Flemish bond in some areas, a Flemish garden wall variant in others, and English garden wall bond elsewhere. They feature timber modillion eaves cornices and slate roofs with returned and hipped gables, scrolled corner brackets, and brick stacks. Garden walls are of brick with stone coping and cast-iron railings and gates.

The houses are two storeys high, with earlier properties having cellars. Each house has one first-floor window, except for numbers 1, 1A, and 15, which have three. Doorcases have plain pilasters, moulded imposts, and full entablatures with dentilled cornice hoods, although number 15 lacks an entablature. Front doors are either four- or six-panelled with plain overlights, although those at numbers 3, 8, and 15 have been altered or replaced. Windows are sash windows with either 12 or 16 panes, except those at numbers 1, 3, and 15, which are 20th-century replacements. Windows have cambered heads, stone sills, and flat brick arches on the ground floor. Some dressings are painted. The interiors of the houses were not inspected.

The garden gates and railings are turned with foliate tips and standards, with ball finials. Some railings have been lost and some walls rebuilt. The terrace is inaccurately depicted in Nathaniel Whittock's 'Bird's-eye View of the City of York in the 1850s'. The group value lies in the terrace’s cohesive design and well-preserved historic character.