84-98, Ashfield Street

Nos. 84-98 Ashfield Street is a terrace row built around 1826-1827. It features Flemish bond brickwork with a slate roof and brick stacks, while the end houses are finished in stucco. The terrace has a double-depth layout, with the central houses standing two storeys high, flanked by three-storey houses at either end, and No. 84 being two storeys tall. The row consists of ten window ranges, with semi-circular arches over blocked doorways and windows, and flat gauged-brick arches over first-floor windows, some of which have 12-paned sash windows set in semi-circular arched reveals. The flanking houses each have two bays and stucco fronts, with keyed arches over windows and doors on rusticated ground floors, and flat arches over framed 12-paned sashes on the upper floors, complemented by moulded cornices beneath parapets. The rear features canted bays with sash windows under gauged brick heads. Inside, the buildings retain stick baluster dog-leg stairs, some original fireplaces, and panelling. This terrace presents an impressive design that is notable for early 19th-century lower-class housing, connecting the formal layouts of Sidney and Ford Squares.