Numbers 19 To 23 (Consecutive) And Attached Railings

This is a terrace of six houses located in Lloyd Baker Street, Islington, built around 1833. The terrace leads into Lloyd Square from the east. The houses were possibly designed by John Booth and his sons, John and William Joseph Booth, who acted as surveyors for the Lloyd Baker Estate.

The houses are constructed of yellow brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern, with stucco dressings. The roofs are hidden by parapets, and there are brick chimney stacks in the centre. The design is based on an irregular side-hall entrance plan. The facade is symmetrical, with the centre and end sections projecting forward, creating a pattern of 1:2:2:2:1 bays, although each house actually has two windows.

The houses are two storeys high with a basement. Steps lead to a stucco entrance. The central entrance, serving numbers 20 and 21, has a decayed antae supporting an entablature. The other entrances have architraves, all with corniced heads, rectangular overlights, and original panelled doors. The windows are 8/8 sashes, with the exception of the first-floor windows in the end bays, which are 6/6 sashes. A stucco sill band and a plain band run beneath and above the cornice. The plain brick parapet has a stucco band and stone coping. Attached iron railings are topped with urn finials.