57 and 57A Tufton Street

The listed buildings comprise Nos 57 and 57A Tufton Street, a pair of houses dating circa 1925, likely designed by Frederick Ernest Williams or Alfred Cox. The houses are constructed of red-brown brick with red brick and stone dressings, and have a plain-tiled mansard roof. They are three storeys high with attics.

The symmetrical façade, two bays wide, features flush vertical strips of red brick. Each house has a central entrance set within a moulded stone architrave, with a cherub's head flanked by palm leaves serving as the keystone. The doors are part-glazed with a raised and fielded lower panel. A plain stone band runs across the entire elevation at lintel level. Small metal-framed casements are positioned on either side of each entrance. A central trademen’s entrance is located in a plain red-brick opening at first floor level. This connects to a canted oriel window with a timber panel below. The windows are small-paned timber sashes; the cornices are oversailing and flat-roofed. A central, round-hooded niche, constructed of brick with stone dressings and a stone apron-like pedestal (from which a figure is missing), is supported on a bat into spread wings below.

The second floor has three flush-frame small-paned timber sashes, with a 3x4 pane arrangement centrally and flanked by 2x4 pane arrangements. A moulded cornice is present. The attic storey has flat-roofed dormers, each with a pair of 3x4 pane timber sashes. Deep moulded cornices define the roofline. A tall central brick stack rises above the roof. The rear windows and those to the well are metal framed.

The interior of No. 57 features six-panel doors. The hall has a panelled dado and rail, and a small chimneypiece at the angle. Exposed ceiling joists are visible. The staircase from the ground floor to the attic has plain, close-set stick balusters, square newels, and a mahogany rail. On the first floor, a panelled room features a corner chimneypiece with shelves above, and three corner cupboards, also with shelves, one of which contains a dumbwaiter lift from the kitchens. The doors are part-glazed with lower raised and fielded panels, round arched heads, raised and fielded panelled dado, a moulded dado rail, and upper sunk panels. Several doors have paired, panelled doors in moulded architraves with an inner bead and reel moulding. Ornate plaster cornices are present. A front room is similarly panelled, with angle cupboards and egg and dart mouldings. It has a simple chimneypiece with an overmantel. Replaced, simplified coved cornices are also in evidence. The landing and upper floor front fireplace have a fretted surround and simple cornices. A rear room contains a small fireplace. Later partitions have been added. The attic floor also retains fireplaces.

The interior of No. 57A has not been inspected but is reportedly similar.