Numbers 13-22 (Consecutive) And Attached Railings

Terraced houses on Canonbury Grove, Islington, built around 1825 and developed by Richard Laycock. The group consists of ten consecutive properties (numbers 13 to 22) with attached railings. They are constructed in yellow brick laid in Flemish bond with stucco detailing and Welsh slate roofs. Each house is three storeys over a basement with two windows per storey.

The terraces were conceived as a symmetrical composition, though much of this original symmetry has been lost. Number 13 features a shallow segmental bay to the left. Its basement is stuccoed and scored to resemble ashlar. Steps lead up to the entrance, which retains presumably original railings. The entrance itself is flat-arched with stucco architraves, pilasters and a cornice on consoles; it has an overlight and a panelled door of original design. All windows are flat-arched with stucco architraves and cornices on consoles. The upper-floor windows in the entrance bay have 6/6 sashes, while those in the window bay have 8/8 on the first floor and 4/8 on the second floor. The property has a parapet.

Numbers 14 to 16 share a segmental-arched basement window and steps up to the entrance with presumably original railings. Number 14's entrance sits within a projecting two-storey bay and is flat-arched with a gauged brick head, cornice on consoles, overlight and panelled door of original design. Numbers 15 and 16 have entrances and ground-floor windows with gauged brick heads set within recessed round-arched panels, also with gauged brick heads. These feature simple doorcases, cornices and fanlights with decorative glazing, along with panelled doors. The windows have sashes with intersecting glazing bars. A stucco sill band runs across the first floor, which has flat-arched windows with gauged brick heads and 6/6 sashes. Stucco appears on the parapet, and there is a dormer within the mansard roof. Party walls project to carry stacks.

Numbers 17 to 21 have segmental-arched basement windows and steps up to entrances with presumably original or reinstated railings. With the exception of number 21's entrance, all entrances and ground-floor windows are round-arched with gauged brick heads, set within recessed round-arched panels also with gauged brick heads. These have simple doorcases, cornices, fanlights (with decorative glazing on number 19) and panelled doors of original design. Number 21 has a flat-arched entrance within a two-storey projecting bay, featuring gauged brick heads, cornice on consoles, overlight with decorative glazing and a panelled door. Ground-floor windows to numbers 20 and 21 have sashes with intersecting glazing bars. A sill band appears at the first floor of numbers 18 to 21. All upper windows are flat-arched with gauged brick heads and 6/6 sashes. First-floor windows on number 17 have dropped sills and iron balconies; iron balconies also appear on numbers 18 and 19. A stucco cornice, which has lost its moulding on number 18, runs across the terrace. There is a blocking course and stacks on party walls.

Number 22 has a shallow segmental bay to the right, mirroring number 13. It has a flat-arched basement window and flat-arched entrance with a gauged brick head, cornice on consoles, overlight with decorative glazing and a panelled door of original design. The ground-floor window is flat-arched with a gauged brick head, cornice on consoles and 8/8 sashes. A sill band at the first floor runs from numbers 18 to 21 and continues here. The upper windows are flat-arched with gauged brick heads; those in the entrance bay have 6/6 sashes, while those in the window bay have 8/8 on the first floor and 4/8 on the second floor. The property has a parapet.