152-164, PARADE

A terrace of seven houses, now shops, was built around 1835, with subsequent additions and alterations including mid-20th century shop fronts, a semi-circular portico leading to the Regency Arcade, and some rebuilding at the rear. The building is constructed of brick with painted stucco facades and has a Welsh slate roof. The terrace is four stories high, featuring 14 first-floor windows (two per house), with extensions to the rear. There are remnants of channelled rustication on the ground floor. The first floor has Corinthian pilasters at the ends and two between each dwelling, extending through the first and second floors. A dentil frieze, an acanthus modillion cornice, plain pilasters above, a cornice, a blocking course, and copings are also present. The first floor contains eight tall 6/9 sash windows, six 12-pane French windows, all set in plain reveals with tooled surrounds, a frieze, and a cornice. The second floor has 6/6 sash windows throughout in tooled surrounds and sills. The third floor features 3/6 sash windows throughout in moulded surrounds, separated by a horizontal band. The ground floor has glazed shop fronts and a portico for numbers 152, 154, and 156, leading to the Regency Arcade. The interior was not inspected. The Parade, originally Lillington Lane, renamed Union Row around 1809, received its current name in 1860. The lower section was laid out between 1810 and 1814, and extended towards Dormer Place around 1835. Initially built as houses, hotels, and lodging-houses, many of them had become shops by 1850.