Friars Terrace Numbers 1, 2 And 3 And Attached Gates And Railings

Friars Terrace, consisting of numbers 1, 2, and 3, along with attached gates and railings, is a terrace of four houses built around 1855. The buildings are constructed of red and grey brick in Flemish bond, featuring timber doorcases and a bracketed eaves cornice, with brick stacks on a slate roof. The gates and railings are made of cast iron.

The south front facing the river has three storeys and eight windows. The entrance to No. 8 Peckitt Street is located on the left side. The doorcases feature sunk-panel pilasters with bracketed cornices on bulbous carved consoles, and the doors are four panels with plain overlights above. The entrances alternate with three-light canted bay windows that have prominent bracketed cornices and two four-pane center sashes flanked by two two-pane side sashes. The remaining windows are twelve-pane sashes with cambered heads, flat arches, and painted stone sills, with the first-floor windows being taller than those on the second floor. All windows have slender glazing bars, and there is a stone tablet inscribed "FRIAR'S TERRACE" below the left end window on the first floor.

The Peckitt Street front features three storeys and an attic with a three-bay gable wall. The entrance is centrally located, with blind windows on the right bay of each floor. To the left of the door is a four-pane sash, while the other windows are twelve-pane sashes. The details of all openings on this front mirror those on the river front. The attic window is a round-arched small-pane sash with a painted stone sill, and the cornice from the river front continues beneath the pedimented gable end.

The interior has not been inspected. The railings, which are raised on a retaining wall with steps on the northeast side of South Esplanade, survive from the 13th-century Franciscan Friary that was located on the same site. The railings to the gardens and gates are turned with spearhead finials and turned bulbous standards on square bases.