11 and 13 Shelton Street

These are a pair of terraced houses dating from the 18th century, which were refronted in an early to mid-19th century style, and subsequently restored and remodelled between 1983 and 1985 by the Terry Farrell Partnership as part of the Comyn Ching Triangle regeneration project.

The houses are constructed with a stucco-rendered brick facade, with red-brown brick to the rear in English bond, along with stock brick patching. They have slate-clad mansard roofs and timber shop fronts, and incorporate steel window guards. The materials and colours used in the later work complement the original fabric, aiming to provide both a unifying identity and a sense of new vitality through a contemporary interpretation of traditional materials.

Originally two three-storey houses, they now include attic space and a semi-basement. Each house was originally two bays wide, but is presented on the front elevation as wide single bays. The ground floor and basement have been converted for commercial use, with residential accommodation above.

On the front elevation, the ground floor features a pair of symmetrical shop fronts designed by Farrell, each with arch-headed windows containing small fixed lights, flanking central mullions and outer pilasters with stylised paired brackets, all beneath a plain fascia. A panelled door with glazed upper lights is located in the inner bay of each shop front. Number plates, also designed by Farrell, are centrally positioned above the windows. Number 11 has a pedimented window on the first floor with six-over-six pane sashes, and a plain six-over-six pane sash on the second floor, topped with a stucco moulded cornice. Number 13 has similar sashes within moulded architraves, with shallow cornices resting on console brackets. Flat-roofed, two and three-light dormer windows are set into the roof. Both houses are fitted with Farrell’s steel window guards bearing the reversed CC insignia at first floor level.

To the rear, the upper floors have a mix of six-over-six pane sashes and smaller upper floor windows with segmental arches. Ground floor openings extend the full height and are topped with flat, gauged brick arches, cutting through the moulded masonry plinth. The rear extension windows, painted black with the cornice picked out in red, also have a Farrell design, featuring pairs of glazed or part-glazed casements set back between bold pilasters and steel window guards with the reversed CC insignia.

The interior was not inspected, but access to the upper floors is via the entrance to Number 15 Shelton Street.

Note: The rear porches, parapet walls and railings are not represented to scale on mapping.