Numbers 43, 44 And 45 And Attached Railings

Numbers 43, 44, and 45 are three terraced houses located on the south side of Bloomsbury Square, built around 1760 and altered between 1830 and 1840. Each house has four storeys, attics, and basements, with three windows each; Number 45 features a four-window return with two blind bays facing Southampton Place.

Number 43 is constructed of darkened brick and has a slate roof with dormers. It features a stone doorcase with a pediment supported by engaged Ionic columns, a square-headed fanlight, and a panelled door. The windows are recessed sashes with architraves, and the first and second floors have an enriched frieze and a plain cornice. There is a continuous stone balcony with a cast-iron balustrade on the first floor, along with sill bands on the second and third floors. The house is topped with a stucco entablature, a bracketed cornice, and a cast-iron parapet.

Number 44 has a stucco front with vermiculated rustications on the flanking piers and ground floor. It features a square-headed, recessed doorway with a fanlight and a panelled door. The first-floor windows are square-headed and architraved, with Corinthian pilasters supporting entablatures and segmental pediments, while the second-floor windows have cornices. There is a continuous cast-iron balcony at the first floor level and a band at the third floor level, topped with a bracketed cornice and a stone balustraded parapet, with dormers behind.

Number 45, also built of darkened brick, has a slate roof with two dormers on each facade, their windows architraved and part of the stone balustraded parapet. The entrance is located on Southampton Place, featuring a 19th-century stone door surround with a segmental pediment on brackets. The recessed sash windows have gauged flat brick arches, with cast-iron balconies on the first floor. A stone band is present at the first floor level, and a bracketed cornice is found at the third floor level, with a main bracketed cornice below the balustraded parapet.

The houses have attached 19th-century cast-iron railings in front of the areas. A tablet on the exterior commemorates the residence of the Earls of Chesterfield.