Number 67A, 67-83 (Odd) And Attached Railings

Number 67A, 67-83 (odd) and attached railings are a group of nine terraced houses built in 1828-1829 on the west side of the slope approaching Claremont Square from the south. They were designed by William Chadwell Mylne, who was the surveyor for the New River Estate. The houses are constructed of yellow stock brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with banded stucco to the ground floor and stucco dressings. The roofs are not visible, and there are party-wall brick stacks.

The houses follow a side-hall entrance plan. They are arranged over three storeys with a basement, except for number 83, which has four storeys and a basement. Windows are generally two in width, with a return wall to the left of number 67A (two windows wide) and a return wall to the right of number 83 (one window wide). Steps lead to round-arched entrances (except number 83), which provide access from Amwell Street, with separate side entrances in Great Percy and Cruickshank Streets. Doorways have 1/4 column jambs to numbers 75-81; number 67 has a reeded surround, while the others have pilaster jambs, all with corniced heads, fanlights (patterned at numbers 67A, 71, 77, and 81), and original panelled doors to numbers 67, 73, 75, 77. The ground floors predominantly feature 6/6 and 8/8 sash windows; numbers 67-71 have round-arched sashes set in a stucco recess, and number 69 has curved and intersecting glazing bars in a Gothic style. Cast-iron window guards are present at numbers 73, 75, and 83.

Upper floors have gauged-brick flat arches with mostly 6/6 sashes. A stucco sill band runs beneath the full-length sashes of the first floor, which are set in arched brick recesses linked by stucco impost banding. Individual and paired cast-iron balconies are present at most windows, except number 73, which has Rococo style window guards, and number 83 has an elaborate Neoclassical style paired balcony.

Number 67 has been partly rebuilt and altered, incorporating a corner shopfront on the ground floor around 1900, with altered window heads on the upper floors; significant rebuilding has occurred to the upper floors. A plain brick parapet has stone coping. Attached cast-iron railings, with urn finials, are present; those at number 83 are particularly fine with decorative braces.