Numbers 23 And 25 And Attached Railings

A house, now divided into three dwellings, was built around 1828-1830, with later alterations. The rear is constructed of pinkish-brown brick, while the front and side facades are painted stucco. The roof is slate, and there is a cast- and wrought-iron verandah, balcony, and railings. It is in a late Classical style. The two-story house with an attic and basement has three first-floor windows, with a recessed entrance bay to the right. The first floor features 6/6 sash windows within tooled architraves that have eared details, and sills with decorative feet. The ground floor has 8-pane French windows with divided overlights and margin lights. Projecting eaves are present. Steps lead to a screen with fluted Doric columns, which connect with Number 12. A panelled door provides access to Number 11. A continuous verandah to the ground floor has scrolled uprights, an ornate frieze, and a glass roof.

The left return features two stories to the gable and a basement, with three first-floor windows and a further three-story, single-bay range. The first floor has three 6/6 sashes, with the central window being lower and having margin lights. A central entrance has a flight of roll-edged steps leading to double doors, within a distyle Doric porch, which is partially infilled, with a frieze and cornice. To the left of the entrance is a tripartite window with 2/2 sashes between 1/1 sashes; to the right, an 8-pane French window with a divided overlight. The attic has a 3/3 sash in a broken-pedimented gable. All windows have tooled, eared architraves, with blind boxes on the outer bays. All windows except for the French window have moulded sills, with decorative feet on the first floor and attic windows. Basement windows are 1/1 sashes. A balcony with scrolled uprights is above a French window. A further recessed, lower range has a tripartite window to the first floor with 2/2 sashes between 1/1 sashes, in plain reveals and with a sill. The second floor has a continuous band and a 2/2 sash with a blind box in plain reveals. The ground floor has a wooden doorcase and a 6-panel door, along with 2/2 and 6/6 sashes to the rear. Tall ridge and rear stacks with cornices are present. The interior was not inspected. Subsidiary features include lancet railings to either side of the steps. The property was formerly the Holy Trinity Vicarage. Clarendon Square, of which it is part, was laid out around 1828 to the plans of PF Robinson, and the layout was completed around 1832. The gardens within the square were planted in May 1830.