Numbers 1-6 (Consecutive) And Attached Railings

Numbers 1-6 Canonbury Grove are a group of terraced houses built around 1825, developed by Richard Laycock. They are constructed of yellow-brown brick with stucco, and have roofs of Welsh slate to numbers 1 and 6, with the rest of the roofs concealed behind parapets. Originally conceived as a broadly symmetrical group, although many of the original symmetries have been lost.

The houses are two and three storeys high, with a basement, and generally have two windows each. All openings feature gauged brick heads. A stucco band runs above the basement, and steps lead up to elliptical-arched entrances recessed within elliptical-arched panels, featuring simple doorcases and fanlights with decorative glazing. Ground-floor windows have flattened elliptical arches within recessed panels, with 6/6 sash windows and intersecting tracery. A sunk lettering band reads 'WILLOW COTTAGE'. First-floor windows are flat-arched, set in recessed round-arched panels with impost bands, featuring 6/6 sash windows and balconies with iron railings. A stepped brick cornice runs along the top, and there are two dormers in a mansard roof, with side stacks.

Numbers 2 and 5 have recessed entry bays and a forward-projecting central window bay. They feature stucco scored to resemble ashlar, with a round-arched entrance set back within a stuccoed, rusticated, round-arched porch. Ground-floor windows have flat arches with stucco architrave cornices on consoles, tripartite glazing, and bracketed balconies with cast-iron railings. First-floor windows are round-arched in the entry bay and segmental-arched with gauged brick heads in the window bay – the window bay on number 2 has 10/10 sashes including margin lights, while number 5 has 6/6 sashes. Number 2 has a stucco frieze, cornice, and parapet; number 5 has a frieze and cornice only, and an attic storey with two flat-arched, architraved windows with 6/6 and 10/10 sashes and margin lights.

Numbers 3 and 4 have stucco basements scored as ashlar, with steps leading to flat-arched entrances, presumably with original railings. These entrances have stucco architraves and cornices on consoles, with a cornice, overlight, and panelled door to number 4. Ground-floor windows are flat-arched with stucco architraves and cornices on consoles. First-floor windows are segmental-arched with gauged brick heads, keystones, and 6/6 sashes, topped with friezes, cornices, and a blocking course.

Number 6 has stucco to the basement and ground floor, the ground floor decorated with banded rustication. Steps lead up to a round-arched entrance with presumably original railings. It has a simple doorcase, cornice, and fanlight. The ground-floor window is round-arched, set in a flat-arched recessed panel of plain stucco. First-floor windows are flat-arched with 6/6 sashes in the entry bay, and flat-arched with gauged brick heads set in elliptical-arched recessed panels with gauged brick heads in the window bay; it also has a balcony with iron railings, stucco to the parapet, two dormers in a mansard, and a side stack.