Numbers 29 To 36 And Attached Railings

This is a terrace of eight houses built between 1754 and 1759, originally constructed by J Blagrave with the involvement of W Barlow, J Bosworth, S Room, and R Meel. Numbers 31 and 32 were rebuilt in the 20th century to replicate the original appearance, although dormers have been added to their roofs. Numbers 29 to 36, along with attached railings, are listed at Grade II for their group value.

The houses are primarily built of multi-coloured stock brick, with numbers 31 and 32 featuring brown brick and slated mansard roofs incorporating dormers, and number 36 using reddened brick. Plain brick bands define the first and second floor levels, while number 33 has a stone band at first floor level. The terrace comprises four storeys and basements, with numbers 31 and 32 possessing attics. Each house originally had three windows, although number 29 has a single window facing Northington Street. Recessed sash windows with gauged red brick flat arches are characteristic, with most retaining glazing bars; number 33 is an exception. Parapets top the facades.

Number 29 features a round-arched doorway with a radial fanlight, flanked by pilaster-jambs supporting a cornice head and a panelled door. Interior rooms are noted for retaining panelled details and staircases with turned balusters. Numbers 30 and 31 exhibit wooden Doric doorcases with triglyph friezes, dentil cornices, open pediments, patterned fanlights, and panelled doors. The interior of number 30 also retains panelled rooms, a staircase with turned balusters and carved ends in the hall, with heavy timber archways and dentilled cornices on the first floor. Number 31 is included for group value. Number 32 displays a wooden Ionic doorcase with a modillion cornice and pediment. A plaque commemorates Sir John Kirk, a Christian philanthropist, with a bronze bas relief roundel.

Number 33 slightly projects and shows evidence of tuckpointing. It has a mid-19th century stucco doorcase with attached columns, cast-iron balconies to the first-floor windows, a cyma-bracketed cornice on the third floor, a pediment across the attic storey, and an oculus in the tympanum. Attached mid-19th century cast-iron railings define the area. The interior retains a moulded ceiling on the first floor, turned balusters and carved ends to the staircase.

Numbers 34 to 36 have wooden Ionic doorcases with modillion cornices and pediments, pulvinated friezes, and panelled doors. Number 34 has mid-19th century cast-iron railings and number 35 features entrance flanked by wrought-iron lamp brackets. Their interiors retain panelled rooms, marble fireplaces, and dentilled moulded ceilings, as well as staircases with turned balusters and carved ends. Attached cast-iron railings with torch flambe finials mark the areas.