169-173, Stoke Newington Church Street

The buildings at 169-173 Stoke Newington Church Street form a pair of houses, now divided into four separate dwellings. They were newly built in 1717 by a local bricklayer, Edward Newens, although No. 171 is dated 1714 on its lintel. Nos. 171 and 173 are the principal structures, each with three storeys and two rooms per floor, served by rear stairs. Originally, each was accompanied by a two-story wing containing a coach house, kitchens, and servants’ quarters. No. 169 was refronted with stock brick in the early 19th century.

The facades feature sash windows set in shallow reveals with gauged brick, flat-arched heads. No. 173 has an architrave and rectangular traceried fanlight above its door, while the ground floor was restored to its original appearance in 1993 following the removal of a shop. No. 169 has a mid-20th-century shop front in a Georgian style.

Internally, No. 173 retains a panelled entrance hall and staircase hall, with an original balustrade. The ground floor displays plain panelling with a dado rail, and a 19th-century fireplace. The rear room on the first floor retains original panelling with a dado rail, cornice, and window seats, while the front room has an original six-panelled door. No. 171 contains later 18th-century features, and No. 169 has relocated panelling.

A separate early to mid-19th-century building at No. 169 abuts No. 171, is two storeys high, and has one window. It is constructed of stock brick with a stone-coped parapet. The window is a sash with glazing bars in a flush frame, set beneath a segmental arch. It has a hipped slated roof and a projecting reproduction Georgian shop front on the ground floor. The buildings, together with Nos. 169 to 185 (odd), form a group of group value.