97-116 AND 117-136 RAILWAY TERRACE

This is a back-to-back terrace of 40 houses, built in the 1840s for Colonel Edward Akroyd, likely designed by W H Crossland. The houses are constructed from hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings, and have slate roofs. They feature a chamfered plinth. The doorways are Tudor arched and have ornamental strap hinges in stop-chamfered surrounds. The end houses project forward under coped gables, with three-light mullion and transom windows to both floors and a blind lancet window above. A door is located in the return elevation. The other houses have a door with a three-light mullion and transom window to one side, and a three-light mullion window above, offset and a single light to the other side, creating a pair with the adjacent house. Nos 122/123 and 130/131 (and also 102/103 and 110/111 Railway Terrace) are similar, featuring a shared gable dormer with paired single-light windows with a transom. All windows have double-chamfered mullions. A projecting course at the eaves supports a continuous cast iron gutter. There are nine ridge stacks with a plinth and tabling. The garden walls along St Stephen's Street are made of narrow sandstone with triangular copings. This terrace is an important early example of planned industrial housing.