26-40, BURNEY STREET

This is a terrace of eight houses located on the south-east side of Burney Street, built around 1840. The design is attributed to Richard Smirke Martyr, with number 40 potentially being slightly later. The houses are constructed of stock brick with stucco dressings, and have slate roofs. Each house has three bays and is two rooms deep, with three storeys and a basement.

The houses are arranged in mirrored pairs. The front doors have vertical panels to numbers 26 and 28, and six panels to the others, all set within architraves and topped by round-arched fanlights. The doorheads between numbers 26 and 40 are linked to form a continuous band, and feature round-arched, twelve-light glazing bar sashes. First-floor windows are tall, glazing-bar sashes set within gauged brick heads, and lead onto a timber balcony supported by cast-iron brackets with anthemion patterned railings. Second-floor windows are nine-light sashes, also under gauged brick heads, and are topped by a deep stuccoed parapet. A modern, unremarkable rear extension exists at number 26. Number 40 is distinguished by a tripartite window on the front, with a rusticated ground floor, console bracket detailing to first-floor sashes, and a higher parapet than its neighbours.

The property is particularly notable for its stone balcony and railings, which are identical in design to those of its neighbours, contributing to an exceptionally strong group value.