Lloyds Bank (Number 51), 51A, 51B, The Prince Of Wales Public House (Number 53), 55-67 Highgate High Street And 10A, 10B, 16, 17 And 18 Pond Square

A terrace of nine houses with later shop fronts, situated on the south side of Highgate High Street. The rear portions of numbers 57 and 59 form numbers 12 and 13 Pond Square respectively. The listing also includes numbers 10A, 10B, 16, 17 and 18 Pond Square.

Number 51 (Lloyds Bank) dates from the mid-19th century and has been altered. It is constructed of painted brick with a slate roof, comprising three storeys and three windows. The ground floor has a wooden 20th-century Regency-style frontage with pilasters carrying an entablature with dentil cornice. The central feature is a segmental bowed window with mostly small panes, flanked by doorways with radial fanlights and panelled doors. The upper floors have recessed two-pane sash windows and a stepped brick cornice.

Number 53 (The Prince of Wales Public House) probably dates from the early 18th century but was refronted in the early 20th century. It is built of multi-colour stock brick with a tiled roof and comprises three storeys with cellars and two windows. The frontage is a late 19th-century type wooden public house design with pilasters carrying an entablature with bracketed cornice. Paired central entrances are flanked by windows with panelled stallboards. Above the entrances, a cymatium forms a scrolled pediment with cartouche bearing the Prince of Wales's feathers. The sash windows are set under cambered arches and the cornice is wooden and bracketed. Historically, the building became a public house in the mid-19th century.

Number 55 dates from 1893 and is constructed in red brick with stone dressings in Flemish Renaissance style, with a slate roof. It has two storeys and an attic with three windows. The ground floor contains two 20th-century reproduction 19th-century shopfronts. An entrance to the left has a bracketed hood and part glazed panelled door. The sash windows are recessed under gauged brick flat arches. The first floor features a carved and rubbed brick panel with swag. A moulded brick cornice sits at the second floor level. The third floor to the left has a gable with paired sashes under a moulded brick segmental pediment with ball terminals and spike finial. To the right is a parapet with recessed panels, those at the angles decorated with floral swags.

Number 57 probably dates from the early 19th century but was refronted in 1893 in Georgian style. The wooden shopfront has modified pilasters carrying an entablature, with a central segmental bowed brick window flanked by entrances with radial fanlights. Gauged brick flat arches frame recessed sashes with exposed boxing, and the second floor has shaped brick aprons. A brick cornice and parapet complete the frontage.

Number 59 was built circa 1811 for C Lynne and refronted in the mid-19th century. It is rendered in stucco with an old tile roof, comprising two storeys and two windows. A 20th-century reproduction wooden shopfront gives access to the ground floor, above which are architraved recessed sashes with keystones. The building is finished with a parapet.

Number 61 dates from the 18th century and was refronted in the mid to later 19th century. It is rendered in stucco with a rusticated ground floor and a hipped tiled roof. The building has two storeys and four windows. The central window bays are recessed, and an entrance to the left has a part glazed panelled door. A modified entablature at first-floor level forms cornice and window sills. Recessed sashes appear on both floors, with a cornice and blocking course above.

Number 63 dates from circa 1828 and was built for R Colson. It is rendered in stucco and comprises two storeys and one window. A wooden projecting shopfront with entablature and projecting moulded cornice occupies the ground floor, though the glazing has been altered. An entrance to the left, approached by steps, has a panelled door and overlight. A segmental arched recessed casement is positioned above, and a parapet crowns the façade.

Number 65 dates from the early to mid-19th century and was built for R Colson. It is constructed of darkened stock brick with a slated roof, comprising two storeys with double frontage and two windows. Lugged stucco surrounds with keystones frame the recessed sashes and central doorway with part glazed door. A parapet completes the building.

Number 67 dates from circa 1826 and is built of multi-coloured stock brick with three storeys and three windows. Two wooden shopfronts occupy the ground floor: to the left with a projecting shop window and entablature, to the right with a projecting cornice supported by brackets. Part glazed panelled doors include a central door with overlight. Gauged brick flat arches frame the recessed sashes, and a parapet finishes the roof line.

The interiors were not inspected during the survey.