Numbers 40-43 (Consecutive) And Attached Railings

Numbers 40-43 are a terrace of four semi-detached villas, linked together, built on a slope. The street was laid out in 1832 by John Booth and his son, who were surveyors for the Lloyd Baker Estate. The buildings are constructed of gold-coloured stock bricks laid in a Flemish bond pattern, with stucco dressings. They have stucco pediments above each pair of houses, gabled roofs covered with Welsh and artificial slate (though some are obscured by a parapet), and brick or stucco-rendered chimneys. The architectural style is restrained Greek Revival.

Each house has a side-hall entrance, with the exception of number 43, which has a porticoed entrance on its return wall in Granville Street. The buildings are two storeys high, with basements. Each house has two windows, plus a recessed bay with one window, used as a link to the next house. Low steps lead up to a deeply recessed stucco entrance with supporting antae, topped by an entablature. This is surmounted by iron balcony railings on each house, except number 43, which has projecting antae and no railings. The entrances have architraved door surrounds with modern panelled doors. The windows are 6/6 sash windows with margin lights throughout. First-floor recessed links feature narrower doors or 6/6 sash windows. A plain stucco band sits beneath the pediments, and the parapet includes stone coping or a blocking course to the first floor links. Attached iron railings are present.