19, Essex Street Wc2

No. 19 Essex Street is a terrace house built around 1675 to 1682 as part of the Barbon development. It has seen little alteration over the years. The building is constructed of red brick and features a slate roof. It stands three storeys high, with a basement and a dormered mansard roof. The façade is three windows wide, and the entrance is located to the right, featuring a panelled door and a patterned rectangular fanlight set within a wooden architrave doorcase that includes carved consoles and a cornice. The windows are flush framed glazing bar sash windows, positioned under flat gauged arches with stone keys. There are stone plat bands at the first and second floors, and the parapet has been partly rebuilt with stone coping. The property is also adorned with cast iron area railings topped with urn finials. Inside, much of the original panelling remains, along with a closed string dog leg staircase that has turned and twisted balusters and decorative doorcases.