55-67 Swinton Street And Attached Railings, Including The Former King'S Head Public House (Numbers 61-63)

A terrace of seven houses built around 1776, with later alterations. Numbers 55 to 67, on the south side of Swinton Street, include the former King's Head Public House (numbers 61 to 63), and attached railings.

Numbers 55 to 59 are constructed of darkened stock brick, although numbers 55 and 57 have had their third floors rebuilt. Numbers 55 and 57 have rusticated stucco to their ground floors, while number 55 has a painted ground floor. A plain stucco band marks the first floor. The terrace is four storeys high, with basements. Each house originally had three windows. Number 55 features a wooden doorway with fluted pilasters, brackets supporting a projecting cornice, a fanlight, and a panelled door. Number 57 has a wooden Doric doorcase with an open pediment, a round-arched doorway, radial fanlight, panelled reveals, and a door. Number 59 has a segmental-arched, recessed doorway with fanlight. Recessed sash windows have gauged red brick flat arches and glazing bars; the first floors of numbers 55 and 57 feature cast-iron balconies. The buildings are topped by parapets. The interiors have not been inspected. Attached cast-iron railings, with urn and torch finials, enclose the area at number 55.

Numbers 61 to 63, the former King's Head Public House, are stucco-built. Originally two houses with three windows each, they have been altered to have five windows and include cellars. A 20th-century public house frontage is present, featuring late 19th-century consoles flanking the fascia. Architraved sash windows are found on the first floor with lugs. A parapet is topped by a plain stucco band. The ground floor interior contains a bar from the 1930s, with a central counter and bar back. The interiors of the other houses have not been inspected.

Number 65 is built of darkened stock brick with a late 19th-century wooden shop frontage, enriched consoles, and C20 sash windows with gauged red brick flat arches. A parapet tops the building. The interior has not been inspected.

Number 67 is of darkened stock brick with a painted ground floor, and is four storeys high with a basement. It has three windows, a wooden architraved doorcase with a simplified Doric entablature and dentil cornice, fanlight, panelled reveals, and a 20th-century door. Recessed C20 sash windows are set within gauged red brick flat arches, and a parapet completes the building. The interior has not been inspected. Attached cast-iron railings with torch finials edge the area at number 67.