Numbers 46, 47, 48 and 49 and Attached Railings

Numbers 46, 47, 48, and 49 Duncan Terrace are a group of terraced houses dating circa 1794, designed by James Taylor. They are constructed of yellow-grey brick with stucco detailing, and have roofs of Welsh and artificial slate. The properties are four storeys high, with a basement, and exhibit varying window arrangements: number 46 has three windows, including a recessed entrance bay to the south with blank windows; number 47, which was separated from number 46 around 1992 after a long period of being combined, also has three windows; number 48 has three windows, and number 49 has two, with an entrance in Charlton Place. The terrace is largely symmetrical, with the outer bays projecting slightly. The ground floor is stuccoed below the sills, with chamfered rustication to the stucco of the two end bays. Entrance details vary: number 46 has a flat-arched entrance with remnants of a doorcase; number 47 has a reinstated six-panel door with an arched light above; number 48 features a round-arched entrance with a gauged brick head, a reeded doorcase within a recessed round-arched stucco panel, a cornice, a fanlight with decorative glazing, and a panelled door; and number 49 has a distyle in antis entrance, with columns supporting a modillion cornice, a fanlight with decorative glazing, and a panelled door. All windows have gauged brick heads, with the ground-floor windows being round-arched. A sill band is present at the first-floor level. First- and second-floor windows are flat-arched, with those on the first floor being of piano nobile proportions, and with iron balconies attached to numbers 46, 47, and 48. The windows of the outer bays are set within recessed round-arched two-storey panels. The windows retain sashes of original design, with radiating glazing bars to the ground floor. A stucco string course is visible at cornice level. Decorative stucco cornices and blocking courses are found on the end bays, with a parapet on the rest. Mansard roofs with dormer windows top the main block. The side elevation of number 49 is double-fronted, with three bays and slightly projecting window bays; ground-floor windows are round-arched, with flat-arched windows above, and the upper windows to the side bays are blank. Cast-iron railings are present to the area.