113-119, BOROUGH ROAD

113-119 Borough Road is a terrace of houses and shops, mostly unoccupied at the time of inspection, built around 1820-1826. The general design is likely by William Mountague, who was the Surveyor to the City of London. The buildings are constructed of gault brick with parapeted roofs and brick stacks. They rise three storeys, with basements and some attics. Each house features a two-window range and an arcade at the first floor. The windows, which have gauged brick arches, are currently all blocked.

The windows above vary: No. 113 has 4/4 sashes, No. 114 has 2/6 and 2/2 sashes, No. 115 has 8/8 sashes, No. 116 has a boarded window and an altered sash, No. 117 has 8/8 sashes, and Nos. 118 and 119 have 6/6 sashes. The ground floors are mostly boarded, except for a doorway and panelled door at No. 117, a shopfront dating to around 1820 at No. 118, and a doorway with a panelled door and a partly 20th-century shopfront at No. 119. The left end facing Rotary Street has a three-window range of blank windows with Portland stone cills above a boarded ground floor. The right end adjoins The Duke of Clarence Public House at No. 132 London Road.

The interior of No. 117 was inspected. The basement front room retains a cast-iron range and fire surround, while the rear room has a small open fireplace, copper, and stone sink. A stick baluster staircase survives in part. The first-floor front room features a dado rail and dado panelling, cupboards, and double dividing doors. The second-floor front retains a marble fireplace with a reeded surround and a panelled door. A small attic stair is intact.

This terrace is part of a significant group that includes the Duke of Clarence Public House at No. 132 London Road, the former Presbyterian Chapel, the St. George the Martyr Library, the Obelisk at St. George's Circus, and Nos. 123-131 London Road.