Claremont Buildings (Terrace) And Attached Railings And Steps

Claremont Buildings is a terrace of six houses, now offices, built in the early 19th century by John Carline. The buildings are faced with ashlar, with rustication to the ground floor, and have a Welsh slate, shallow mansard roof. The terrace has three storeys over a basement, and a twelve-window front (arranged as 4-1-2-2-2-1 bays). Ground floor openings are contained within round-arched recesses. The two leftmost houses have paired six-panelled doors with simply glazed fanlights, the left-hand doorway having a more ornate floral tracery pattern. These are flanked by sash windows. To the right are two-storey porch blocks, each of two bays with paired doorways divided by a wide pilaster with console brackets to a heavy projecting cornice. These porches are separated by a two-window range. A deep cornice sits above the ground floor, followed by twelve-pane sash windows with flat heads and a continuous sill band to the first floor, and six-pane sashes to the attic storey. A heavy projecting cornice and parapet complete the facade. Cast-iron railings and steps flank the basement area and lead to a raised pavement at the right-hand end of the terrace. No.2 in the terrace is separately listed.