12, 13 AND 14, SANSOME PLACE

A block of three houses located at 12, 13, and 14 Sansome Place, built in the late 18th century in two distinct phases, with subsequent additions and alterations. The building is constructed of reddish-brown brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with hipped plain tile roofs to the left and centre, and a hipped slate roof to the right. The houses have a double-depth plan and stand three storeys high, with three first-floor windows on the front elevation. Rear outshuts extend the building to the rear.

The first floor features 8/8 sash windows, with the central window set in a near-flush frame, while the others are in plain reveals. The second floor contains 3/3 and two 4/4 sash windows, also with a near-flush central window and plain reveals to the others. The ground floor originally had 6/6 sash windows, with the window on the left in a plain reveal, the central window in a near-flush frame, and a plate-glass window on the right. All windows have sills and flat arches constructed of gauged brick, now painted, except for the ground floor right-hand window, which has a wide, cambered arch. Modillion eaves are present on the left and centre sections, while the right section has cogged eaves.

The entrances are located to the right of each house, except for the rightmost house, where the entrance is in the right return. The left house has a part-glazed door with lower flush-beaded panels and a divided overlight. The central house has a door with an attached board. Both are set within plain doorcases featuring friezes and hoods supported by console brackets. The right return displays two first-floor windows; a 6/6 and an 8/8 sash, a plate-glass window and a 4/4 sash on the second floor, and an 8/8 sash on the ground floor – all in plain reveals with sills and flat arches of painted gauged brick. A 6-panel double door, with flush-beaded lower panels and raised and fielded upper panels, is found in a pilastered doorcase with a frieze and hood on the left-hand return.

The interior retains transverse beams at the left-hand house, and some plasterwork is present, although the rest of the building has not been inspected. Numbers 7 to 14, Sansome Place form a group.