11 And 12, Craven Street Wc2

A pair of terraced town houses built in the 1730s and 1731, with alterations carried out around 1792 to 1800. The houses are constructed of brown brick with red brick window dressings, and have concealed slate roofs. They are four storeys high, with the top floor being made into a full storey around 1800 and subsequently repaired. Each house has three windows on each side. The plans are mirrored, with staircases positioned against a shared party wall and with rear closet wings. The ground floor has channelled stucco facing, with elliptical arched doorways in plain stucco surrounds. These have recessed panelled doors set within corner blocked architraves, and fanlights above. Recessed plate glass sashes are set within flat gauged red brick arches, with a central blind window on the top floor. A shallow cornice finishes off the ground floor stucco work. The building has a parapet with coping. Cast iron balconies, dating from around 1800, are across the first floor, with a geometrical pattern on the balcony of number 12. Wrought iron area railings are present, finished with urn finials.

The interiors of both houses have identical panelled rooms in two orders, featuring moulded dado rails and angled chimney breasts in the rear rooms and closets. There is an arched opening from the passage hall to the stair compartment. The dog leg staircases have cut and carved strings, which change to closed moulded strings for the top flight. The balustrades are turned, grouped two per tread in number 11 and three per tread in number 12. There are columnar newels. In number 11, the main ground floor rooms were previously separated by a Doric column screen, which is now embedded within a partition.

These houses were part of the 18th-century development of the Craven family's Brewhouse estate, which was planned for them by Flitcroft.