NUMBERS 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 AND 11, LORD NORTH STREET

Numbers 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 11 Lord North Street form a terrace of houses built around 1720 to 1725. The terrace has been altered over time by combining some of the original individual houses, resulting in the loss of numbers 1, 3, 6, and 9, but preserving most of the original doorways.

The terrace is constructed of brown brick with tiled roofs. It rises three storeys with basements and dormered mansards. Originally, each house had three windows across the front, except for number 7, which has four. The entrances are primarily located to the left and right of pairs of houses, arranged on a mirror plan. The doorways feature wooden architraves and panelled doors. Numbers 4, 7, and 11 have carved console brackets supporting cornice hoods with panelled soffits. The windows are flush-framed sash windows with glazing bars, set within segmental brick arches, with some being blind. Brick plat bands mark the first floor, and the parapets have stone copings. Original wrought-iron area railings feature scrollwork and torch extinguishers, with urn finials at the top.

The interiors have undergone varied alterations and restoration but retain substantial original panelling, including passage halls and the original dog-leg staircases. These staircases have cut and carved strings and turned balusters. The terrace is part of a remarkably well-preserved area of early 18th century housing, alongside Barton and Cowley Streets, and the surviving original sections of Smith Square.