2-16 and 20-28 (even) Stafford Terrace

This is a pair of terraces, 2-16 and 20-28 (even) Stafford Terrace, built in the mid-19th century as large Victorian town houses. They are two of fourteen houses arranged in terraces facing each other. The houses are constructed from stock brick and stucco, with slated mansard roofs. Each house has three main floors, a basement, and an attic. The plan is typical of the period, with the staircase located in the narrower left-hand bay and the principal rooms to the right.

The Italianate style is evident in the stucco detailing to the street elevation. The houses are largely identical, with minor later modifications. Each features a raised entrance within a porch exhibiting channelled rustication, Doric half-columns, a dentil cornice, and a balustrade; a window above is topped by a segmental pediment on scroll brackets. A polygonal bay window, also with rustication, cornices, and a balustrade, rises from the basement to the first floor. The second-floor windows have simple architraves, while a rich cornice incorporating wave scrolls and dentils, together with a balustrade, crowns the façade. Segmental-headed dormers are set within the attic.

The interiors have not been inspected. Some of the houses retain spear-topped area railings, separate gates, and bell-pulls marked “VISITORS” and “SERVANTS.”