Numbers 3 To 8, 8A, 9 To 11 (Consecutive) And Attached Railings

This is a terrace of eight semi-detached villas, numbered 3 to 8, with an additional single-bay extension (8A) between numbers 8 and 9, and an irregular extension (number 11) to the left of number 10. They were built in 1832 on the south side of Lloyd Square, which was planned in 1828 and laid out in 1832. The estate surveyors were John Booth and his son, also named John, while the architect was William Joseph Booth, another son. Numbers 8A, 9, 10 and 11 have been altered.

The villas are built of brown and gold brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with stucco dressings and pediments over each pair. The roofs are mostly gabled with artificial slate, though some are obscured by a parapet. Brick stacks rise from the centre of the buildings. The design is in a restrained Greek Revival style.

Each villa typically follows a side-hall entrance plan, although numbers 8A and 11 are exceptions. They are two storeys high with a basement, and generally have two windows each (except number 3, which has three, and numbers 8A and 11, which have one). The facades include recessed bays for entrances, which are linked to the adjacent villas. The entrance to number 3 is irregular and features a two-storey extension. At number 8A, the original door has been brought forward, flanked by wood-panelled pilasters and a horizontal panel above an overlight; the original architrave is visible behind, though the overlight and transom have been removed. Entrances to numbers 9 and 10 are only slightly recessed and lack antae, while number 11 has an altered carriage width entrance with a recessed, flagged forecourt and stucco pilasters.

The doorways are architraved, with fluted pilasters at number 3, and feature corniced heads and rectangular overlights, some of which are decorative. Original three-panelled doors are present, except at numbers 10 (a 20th-century door) and 11 (a pair of 19th-century panelled and glazed doors). The windows are architraved sashes, with predominantly 1/1 and 6/6 sashes on the ground floor (4/4 at number 3; 3/3 with margin lights at numbers 9 and 10; 8/8 at number 11). First-floor windows are 1/1, 2/2, and 3/3 sashes. Balconied links connect the houses, with narrower doors or sashes. A wide stucco band separates the ground and first floors, though it has been altered at numbers 9, 10 and 11. A plain stucco band sits beneath the pediments, and a stucco parapet with coping or blocking course runs along the first-floor links. Attached cast-iron railings are topped with urn finials.