12, Helmet Row

No. 12 Helmet Row, formerly St Luke's Rectory and now used as offices, dates back to 1774, as indicated by the rainwater head on the left side of the front. The main building features multicoloured brick set in Flemish bond, while the added south-west wing is constructed of yellow brick, also in Flemish bond, with stucco details. The roof is covered with slate. The structure is three storeys tall with a basement, presenting a five-window range to Helmet Row and a three-window range to Mitchell Street.

The entrance is located on Mitchell Street, featuring Ionic pilasters set against a rusticated background, which supports an entablature with a partly pulvinated and enriched frieze. The doorcase has a plain inset frame and an overlight. Other openings on Mitchell Street have segmental arches with gauged brick heads, but are mostly blank. The front on Helmet Row includes a five-sided, single-storey bay made of yellow brick, replacing the two left-hand openings on the ground floor, along with a lower segmental-arched window next to it. The remaining windows are segmental-arched with gauged red brick heads, and the two right-hand windows on the ground floor and the two left-hand windows on the first and second floors feature 6/6 sashes of original design. The building has a parapet and a triple hipped roof.

The three-storey wing to the south-west has segmental-arched windows, likely dating from the mid-19th century. Inside, the ground-floor north room on the Helmet Row front is panelled and includes a moulded cornice, a mid-19th century marble fireplace, and a late 19th century cast iron grate. The adjacent south room is also panelled with a moulded cornice and has a fireplace of uncertain date. The ground-floor room in the south-west wing features mid-19th century, faintly Gothic architraves on the windows and door. On the first floor, the rooms facing Helmet Row are panelled with cornices, with the north room featuring an eared fireplace surround. The second-floor rooms facing Helmet Row have panelled dados and segmental-arched fireplace surrounds.