Numbers 14-22 And Attached Railings

Numbers 14-22 and attached railings form a terrace of nine houses built circa 1758-63, likely under the direction of Henry Flitcroft. Number 22 dates to the mid-18th century, but has undergone 19th-century alterations. Numbers 19, 20 & 21 were also altered in the mid-19th century. The houses are constructed of darkened multi-colour stock brick, with a stone band at first-floor level. They have tiled mansard roofs with dormers and three storeys, attics, and basements, each with three windows. Recessed sash windows are set within gauged brick flat arches. A bracketed cornice sits below the parapets.

Numbers 14, 15 and 16 feature wooden doorcases with engaged Doric columns, an entablature, and a pediment; number 15 has a triglyph and dentil open pediment. Numbers 17 and 18 possess round-arched doorways with patterned fanlights, sidelights, and panelled doors. Number 16 retains an original lead rainwater head with a lion mask and pipe. Interiors, which were not inspected, are noted to contain good staircases, fireplaces, and panelling, with those of numbers 14, 15 and 17 being particularly fine. Attached cast-iron railings with torch flambe finials define the areas, and number 17 also has a lamp-bracket overthrow.

Number 19 displays a mid-19th century stucco front, featuring a rusticated ground floor and an archway to Barter Street. The facade is flanked by rusticated Ionic pilasters rising through the first and second floors, supporting an entablature with a bracketed cornice and a balustraded parapet. It retains an original 18th-century wooden doorcase with attached Doric columns, an entablature with triglyphs, a mutule pediment, and panelled reveals. Windows have keystones; the first floor features a pulvinated frieze and dentilled, pedimented cornices, and balconies are balustraded. The interior, not inspected, is noted for its staircase with turned balusters, twin column newels, and a good 18th-century fireplace. Attached 19th-century cast-iron railings are present at the areas.

Numbers 20 & 21 were altered in the 19th century and are of yellow stock brick with a stucco ground floor. They are four storeys high with attics and basements, and have three windows each. Round-arched openings are present on the ground and first floors, with moulded impost bands and stucco archivolts to the ground floor. A stone balcony has heavy corbels, while a cast-iron balcony is at the first floor level. Recessed sash windows are characteristic, and stucco cornices appear at the third-floor level. The parapet has moulded stucco coping. Interiors, which were not inspected, retain a simple staircase with square balusters. Attached cast-iron railings with spearhead finials define the areas.

Number 22, dating from the mid-18th century, is also altered in the 19th century, and is constructed of multi-coloured stock brick and stucco with a band above. It is four storeys high with an attic and basement, and has three windows. A wooden doorcase features enriched pilasters, a mutule cornice, panelled reveals, a fanlight, and a panelled door. Recessed sash windows are set within gauged brick flat arches, with the central window of the first floor in an arched recess. It has a parapet. The interior was not inspected. Attached cast-iron railings with urn finials define the areas. Number 17 was formerly the home of Henry Addington (Prime Minister 1801) and Cardinal Newman, commemorated by a GLC plaque.