Number 5 And Attached Railings

Number 5 is a villa, now a house and flat, dating to approximately 1825-1830, with later alterations including a 20th-century garage to the left. It was built by William Buddle, Sr and Jr, the builders of numbers 19 and 21 Beauchamp Hill. The villa is constructed of pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco to the front, right side, and garden facade, featuring a Welsh slate roof and cast-iron railings.

The building has two storeys with a basement on the right side, presenting three first-floor windows on the front elevation, the right side being slightly recessed. The garden facade is two storeys with a basement, incorporating two full-height bows providing four first-floor windows. The street facade has an off-centre, projecting gabled porch containing a four-panel door with rolled lower panels, a roll-edged step, and pilastered doorcase with side-lights and a projecting hood on brackets. A decorative oculus with glazing bars is within the porch gable. A further entrance, also a four-panel door, is located to the right. Windows on the front elevation are 8/8, 6/6, and 3/3 sash windows with plain reveals and sills. First-floor windows are all 6/6 sashes in plain reveals with sills, and the basement has a tripartite sliding sash, each 1/1. The roof is half-hipped to the right, with end and roof stacks. The garden facade features 10-pane French windows on the ground floor and 6/6 sashes to the first floor, supported by sills on acanthus brackets.

The interior was not inspected. Attached area railings display an anthemion-in-circle motif.

The original plan for the development of Clarendon Crescent, initially known as Back Lane, envisioned a circular arrangement (Bertie Circus), with the garden facades serving as the main fronts. This scheme was abandoned by 1838 when the area was renamed Clarendon Crescent. The original architectural concept for numbers 1-9 of Clarendon Crescent, as well as numbers 15 and 17 Beauchamp Hill, is best appreciated from the rear garden facade, which showcases a series of full-height bows.