38, Craven Street WC2

No. 38 Craven Street is a terraced town house built around 1731, with alterations made around 1792. The building features brown brick with red brick window dressings and a channelled stucco ground floor, topped with a slate roof. It stands four storeys tall, with the top floor being a heightening from the 1792 alterations, and includes a 19th-century dormered mansard and a basement. The house is three windows wide and has a closet wing plan.

To the left, there is an elliptical arched doorway in a plain stucco surround, which has a recessed panelled door and a patterned fanlight above. The windows are recessed glazing bar sashes set under flat gauged red brick arches. A cornice-band finishes the ground floor stuccowork, and there is a parapet with coping. The first floor features a cast iron balcony with a geometrical pattern, and there are cast iron area railings with urn finials.

Inside, the interior remains largely intact, showcasing fielded panelling and cornices. A fluted Doric pilastered screen separates the hall from the panelled stairwell, which has a staircase typical for the period, with three grouped balusters per tread. The front and back rooms on the ground floor are connected by a wide opening flanked by fluted Doric pilasters that support an entablature. This house is part of the 18th-century development of the Craven family's Brewhouse estate, which was laid out by Flitcroft.