Number 57-65 (Odd) And Attached Railings

Number 57-65 (odd) and attached railings are a group of four terraced houses, dating from 1828-1829, with alterations to the shopfronts in the mid to late 19th century. The houses were designed by William Chadwell Mylne, who was Surveyor for the New River Estate. They are constructed of multi-coloured stock brick in Flemish bond, with stucco dressings. The roofs are a mix of artificial (number 57) and Welsh slate Mansard roofs with dormers, an artificial slate gabled roof with a dormer to number 63, and an asphalt hipped roof to number 65, with brick party-wall stacks.

The houses have a side-hall entrance plan, leading to domestic space above. They are three storeys high with a basement, except for number 61, which is four storeys. Each house has two windows. Number 65 has a house entrance to the right, and a further entrance in the return wall to Great Percy Street, with a plain doorway, overlight, and original panelled doors. Numbers 57-61 have shopfronts to the left of the house doors. Number 61 retains its original shopfront with a central door set in a recess, flanked by glazed windows. This shopfront features moulded surrounds, panels below, pilasters with elaborate console brackets, an entablature, and a dentiled cornice. Original iron railings are present in front of the basement openings in the pavement, flanking the shop windows. Other shopfronts have been altered, but retain original features such as a bow window and iron area railings to number 57, and are articulated by console bracketed pilasters and fascias with cornices. Number 65 has an extensively altered corner shopfront faced in tiles.

The upper floors have 6/6 sash windows with gauged-brick flat arches. A 1st floor stucco sill band sits beneath full-length sashes set in arched brick recesses with individual cast-iron balconies to numbers 61 and 65. There has been some rebuilding to the upper floors. Nos. 57-63 have a plain brick parapet with stone coping, while number 65 has a plain stucco band beneath an altered stucco cornice with a blocking course.