22, 23 & 24 Station Street (St James's Place)

A row of three houses, part of a terrace of mid-C19 date.

MATERIALS: constructed of red brick laid in Flemish bond with painted stone dressings and slate roofs.

PLAN: The houses are of three storeys and two-rooms deep. They have a lateral stair and single-brick wall and landing to each floor, dividing the front and rear of each building. The rears of the buildings have single-storey and two-storey ranges and there is a brick-paved covered passageway between 23 and 24.

EXTERIOR: to the façade, the ground floor is divided from the upper floors by a painted stone band and there is a cornice at eaves level. The first-floor windows each have brackets supporting a projecting lintel and the windows to 23 and 24 have a pedimental cresting. Set above the door to 24 is a painted tablet bearing the inscription "ST JAMES'S / PLACE." The second-floor windows all have brackets and stone sills. There are steel tie ends to the upper floors of 22 and 23. To the left of the door to 24 is a round-arched passage entrance leading to the separate workshops range at the rear (not included). The passageway has brick relieving arches to each end and to the centre. The buildings have six-panel front doors with rectangular fanlights, brackets, projecting and blocking courses. 22 has a canted bay window with steel bars and there is a C20 inserted plate glass shopfront to 24 Station Street. The houses have two steps to the front door, either engineering brick (22 and 23) or stone and concrete (24).

The rear has sash windows with stone sills and some C20 replacement fenestration. The rear brick range of 22 is at least partly of late-C20 date.

INTERIOR: 22 and 23 have been opened out internally and many fittings and plasterwork have been removed. There is a corbelled arch to the entrance hall, some ceiling cornices, moulded window reveals, sash windows with glazing bars and stair structures (based on photographic evidence). The ground floor of No 24 has a tiled floor to the passageway. The ground and first floors have cornices and plain fire surrounds to the rear rooms. The first-floor fireplace has a cast-iron grate.