14, Lansdowne Crescent

No. 14 Lansdowne Crescent is a detached house built between 1840 and 1845, with later additions and alterations. The exterior is painted stucco over brick, with a parapeted slate roof. The curvilinear gable parapets feature integral stucco stacks with overhanging detail and some decorative pots. A tented lead roof covers a verandah supported by wrought iron and a balcony balustrade. The house has a double-depth plan and a cellar, with three first-floor windows. The stucco is lined to imitate ashlar, incorporating a simple plinth, end pilasters linked by a plain frieze, a moulded cornice, and a blocking course. A bay window and a porch on the right return are also present. The centre of the first floor features a glazed door leading to a full-width balcony with a 9-pane lower section over two flush-beaded panels, and a 3-pane overlight. This is flanked by 8/8 sash windows in plain reveals with sills. The centre of the ground floor mirrors this arrangement with a glazed door, a small opening section above a 3-pane overlight, two-roll edged steps, an 8/8 sash window to the left, and a later five-sided bay to the right with a French window. The French window comprises two panes per leaf, with an overlight, alongside 2-pane side-hung casements to the splay and returns, transom lights, and margin glazing throughout. A full-width verandah, resting on scrolled supports with spandrel brackets, frames the front of the house and has boarded ends. The verandah forms part of the balcony, which has a delicate scrolled balustrade. The left return is of blank, unpainted render, while the right return includes a 6/6 sash window to the first floor above a Tuscan-style porch with a six-panel door. The door features raised and fielded upper panels, flush-beaded lower panels, and a margin-glazed overlight, sitting on a stone-flagged threshold. To the left of the porch, a 2-pane margin-glazed side-hung casement is present, alongside a 1/1 sash window to the right. A two-storey rear outshut extends to the left, featuring a 6/6 sash window to both the ground and first floors. The fenestration of the rear elevation mainly consists of 6/6 windows. A two-storey wing to the rear north is of painted brick with 20th-century windows and a door.

The interior retains original features such as panelled shutters and doors (with panelled reveals, architraves, skirtings, plaster cornices, and ceiling centres), marble fireplaces, polychromatic ceramic floor tiles in the hall, and a staircase with square balusters and wreathed handrail. A separate two-storey table block to the rear south is of painted brick and slate.

According to historical records, the bay window and verandah were not present on the 1886 Ordnance Survey map. The elevated position of the houses meant vehicular access was originally only possible from the east via Lansdowne Crescent Lane. Numbers 1 to 15 (consecutive) and 17 and 18 Lansdowne Crescent contribute to a cohesive group of listed buildings, comparable to other developments of the same period in the city, such as Britannia Square, Lark Hill, and Rainbow Hill Terrace.