37, 38 AND 39, DOUGLAS ROAD

These are a group of three terraced houses built around 1855, developed and probably designed by James Wagstaffe. They are constructed of yellow-grey brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with stucco and roofs of Welsh and artificial slate. The properties are two and three storeys high, with a basement, and each originally featured three windows. Number 38 has a double-fronted design, while numbers 37 and 39 form symmetrical wings of three storeys to two bays, followed by a set-back two-storey bay, and then a further set-back single-storey porch. The basement is stuccoed and decorated with banded and chamfered rustication. Steps lead up to the entrances; number 38 has a doorcase consisting of superimposed pilasters and an entablature with a dentil cornice, an overlight, and a panelled door. Numbers 37 and 39 feature a stucco porch with antae, a cornice and blocking course, a simpler doorcase, an overlight, and a panelled door. All windows are flat-arched. Ground-floor windows to number 38 are framed with panelled stucco architraves, segmental pediments on consoles, and iron balconies. Numbers 37 and 39 have similar features to the two inner bays, with moulded stucco architraves and cornices on consoles to the outer bay, and a lack of cornice and consoles on number 37’s outer bay. First-floor windows have stucco architraves and a frieze of paterae and cornices to number 38, and to the two inner bays of numbers 37 and 39. The outer bays of numbers 37 and 39 have only moulded stucco architraves, and also feature a stucco cornice and parapet. Second-floor windows have moulded stucco architraves. Boxed eaves are supported on brackets. The roof is hipped, with projecting party walls supporting stacks.