61-78 AND 79-96 RAILWAY TERRACE

This is a back-to-back terrace of 36 houses, built in the 1840s for Colonel Edward Akroyd, likely designed by W H Crossland. The houses are constructed of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings and have slate roofs. They feature Tudor-arched doors with 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 and a three-light mullion and transom window are located on the return elevation, alternating with a three-light mullion window above, which is offset and paired with a single light to create a matching appearance with the adjacent house. Nos 66/67 and 72/73 (also 84/85 and 90/91 Railway Terrace) have a shared gabled dormer with paired single lights and transoms. All windows are double-chamfered. A projecting course at the eaves provides continuous support for the cast iron gutter. Ten stacks to the ridge have a plinth and tabling. Garden walls along St Stephen’s Street are constructed of narrow coursed sandstone with triangular copings. The terrace represents an important early example of planned industrial housing.