Numbers 15-19 And Attached Railings

Numbers 15-19 and attached railings form a terrace of five houses on the south side of Chalcot Square, built between 1855 and 1860, and subsequently altered. The houses are stucco-faced, with rusticated ground floors which are mostly painted. Numbers 16, 17, and 19 have slate mansard roofs with dormers.

The houses are three storeys high with attics and basements, except for numbers 15 and 18, which are four storeys high with basements. Each house generally has three windows, with number 15 having four. Prostyle Doric porticos support balustraded stucco balconies extending across the first-floor windows. The doorways have cornice heads, fanlights, side lights, and panelled doors, some with glazed panels. The ground floor windows are tripartite sashes, with number 15 having three two-pane sashes. The projecting houses have panelled pilasters that rise from the first floor to support the main entablature, featuring a modillion cornice that runs across the entire terrace, below the attic storey. Upper floor windows are sash windows with margin glazing. The first floors are linked by a continuous cornice, with keystones above the windows and console brackets between, with pediments over the central windows of numbers 15 and 17 (segmental). The second floors also feature keystones; the central windows have large keystones projecting into the architrave above. The attic storeys have pilaster strips at the angles, a cornice, and a blocking course.

The interiors were not inspected during the listing process.

Attached cast-iron railings are present to the areas in front of the houses.