Numbers 14 To 23 (Consecutive) And Attached Railings

Numbers 14 to 23 form a terrace of ten semi-detached villas built in 1832 on a sloping hillside along the north side of Lloyd Square, Islington. They were planned in 1828 and laid out in 1832 by John Booth and his son, acting as surveyors for the Lloyd Baker Estate, with William Joseph Booth serving as the architect.

The villas are constructed of brown and gold stock bricks in a Flemish bond pattern, with stucco dressings and stucco pediments above each pair. They have Welsh and artificial slate gabled roofs, with some roof extensions and others concealed by parapets. Brick stacks rise from the centre of the buildings. The design follows a side-hall entrance plan, characteristic of the outer linked bay of each house. They are in a restrained Greek Revival style.

The buildings are two storeys high with a basement, each featuring two windows, alongside a recessed single-window entrance bay that serves as a link. Return walls connect to Cumberland Gardens and Lloyd Street, and have scattered windows. Steps rise to deeply recessed stucco entrances with antae that support an entablature, although number 15 has been altered. The front doors are architraved, with number 20 featuring a reeded surround with corner stops. The original panelled doors remain at most properties, though numbers 14 and 18 have 20th-century replacements.

The windows are architraved sashes throughout; the ground floor largely features 6/6 sashes with margin lights, with number 17 having cast-iron window guards. First-floor windows mostly have 2/2 and 6/6 sashes with margin lights, while the returns feature scattered and irregular window arrangements. First-floor recessed links include doors or sashes. Numbers 15-16 have deteriorated turned wooden columns that formerly supported a first-floor porch roof, with notable patching to the brick wall. Numbers 21-22 feature a cast-iron structure supporting a glazed roof. Plain stucco bands are beneath the pediments, with numbers 16, 17, 18, and 19 showing stucco infill to the lower corners of the pediments. There is a stucco parapet with stucco coping or a blocking course.

Paved flagstones are present to the entrance steps and walkway at numbers 14 and 15. Attached cast-iron railings are topped with urn finials.