9 and 10 Bruce Grove including the front boundary wall to number 9 and rear boundary wall between numbers 9 and 10

Pair of houses dating from between 1789 and 1798, with later alterations and additions. Numbers 9 and 10 Bruce Grove are included in the listing, along with the front boundary wall to number 9 and the rear boundary wall between the two houses. The rear extension and link block to number 9 are excluded.

The houses are built of stock brick laid in Flemish bond. A 20th-century rear range to number 9 is of cream brick in stretcher bond. Each main house has a rectangular-plan, slate-clad, hipped roof with a central valley, divided by a longitudinal brick stack with clay chimney pots. A separate slate hipped roof covers three bays to the north-west of number 10. Number 9 has a later flat roof over its five south-eastern bays and rear range.

The attached houses face east towards Bruce Grove, with number 9 to the south and number 10 to the north. Originally each had an outer range believed to serve as carriage-house and stable. The Tithe map suggests these were originally slightly detached and have been subject to alteration and rebuilding. The five southern bays of number 9 were added in the late 20th century, with a carriage arch to the ground floor. The side range of number 10 is a two-storey block of three bays, probably dating from the late 19th century, replacing the original stable range. It originally extended an additional bay to the north, which was lower, two-storey with a carriage door on the ground floor, now demolished.

The houses are three storeys with basement and present a symmetrical frontage, each three windows wide. Both have their entrances set within wide round-headed arches in the side ranges. The entrance to number 9 is part of the late 20th-century development and is stuccoed with a modern glazed inner door. The entrance to number 10 has a brick arch with stone imposts, modern fanlight and sidelights, and a six-panel door.

A stuccoed eaves cornice supported by paired blocks beneath a blocking course runs along the top of the frontage. A stone stringcourse separates the ground and first floors. Ground floor windows are six-over-six timber sashes in square openings with gauged brick heads set in round-arched recesses. Upper storey windows are square with gauged brick heads; first floor windows are six-over-six timber sashes and second floor windows are three-over-three sashes. The fenestration to the upper storeys of the later five-bay side range to number 9 follows this arrangement. The later side range to number 10 has a six-light timber-framed window and secondary entrance. The first floor, topped by a parapet with stone coping, has three six-over-six sash windows with gauged brick heads set back from the ground floor and fronted by four iron balusters with a linking chain.

The rear elevation to the main range is also three window bays per house, with square-headed openings with gauged brick heads and stone sills. All windows to the rear of number 9 are later uPVC replacement sashes and the ground floor is rendered. Number 10 has mostly horned sash windows, six-over-six on the ground and first floors and three-over-three on the second floor. Number 10 has a modern steel-framed lift shaft with glazing to the rear of the side range, linked to the main part of the house by steel-framed bridges at first and second floor levels.

Internally, number 9 has been extensively modernised with offices and corridors inserted, making its original layout no longer readable. The only surviving original feature is the main open newel, open string stair, with a mixture of original round section and replacement square section newel posts, stick balusters and a hard-wood banister.

Number 10 retains more of its original character. The entrance lobby has a dentil cornice and the front parlour has a moulded cornice, though cornices have been largely removed elsewhere. The front parlour contains a richly detailed, probably Victorian, cast-iron fire surround with decorative tiles round the grate. Panelled window shutters remain in the front parlour and some upper floor rooms. All internal doors are modern replacements. The original stair has been replaced with a concrete stair with metal balustrade, except for the original timber stair to the cellar which retains stick balusters, round newel posts and handrail. The cellar has brick and stone wine racks.

The interior plan of number 10 comprises an entrance lobby giving onto a central hall with a front parlour to the south, another smaller room to the north, and two rooms to the rear. The stair is on the south side of the hall but has been replaced. The upper floors have pairs of rooms front and back.

The brick boundary wall fronting number 9 and parts of the boundary wall between the two houses are possibly original, though altered. They are in Flemish bond with plain brick capping.

Window openings hold sash frames, some possibly original throughout both houses.