Numbers 17-61 (Odd) And Attached Iron Railings

Numbers 17-61 (odd) and attached iron railings are a group of 23 terraced houses built around 1850. The central five houses (numbers 35-43) are of stucco over brick, while the others are of multi-coloured stock brick with stucco dressings. The roofs are hidden behind a parapet, with party-wall stacks. The design follows a sidehall entrance plan and demonstrates a restrained Neoclassical style.

The central section features giant pilasters rising from the first floor, topped with a single pediment. The five houses forming this centrepiece are four storeys high with a basement, each having two windows. Six houses on either side (numbers 23-33 and 45-55) form recessed ranges, whilst the projecting end pieces (numbers 17-21 and 57-61) each comprise three houses. All are three storeys with a basement and two windows per house.

Steps lead to the entrance in the left bay, featuring a stucco surround intended to imitate keystones, a plain rectangular overlight, a corniced head with a carved egg and dart pattern, and a panelled door. The ground-floor windows are sash windows with margin lights and cast-iron window guards featuring palmette and anthemion designs, along with bracketed sills. Upper-floor windows are architraved sashes, diminishing in height as they ascend. The first-floor sashes incorporate balconies with cast-iron railings; the centrepiece has curved, pedimented sashes, intermediate ranges have cornices, and the endpieces have triangular pediments, all supported by brackets. A plain stucco frieze and moulded cornice run along the top. The centrepiece is inscribed ‘Arundel Terrace’ on a scrolled rectangular panel at parapet level. Attached iron railings are also part of the building.