47-57, LEE ROAD SE3

47-57 Lee Road, SE3

This group of five early to mid-19th century houses represents significant residential development of the period, with Nos 47 to 57 (odd numbers) forming a distinguished terrace in Greenwich.

No 47 is a two-storey house with basement and three windows, rendered in stucco. It features a low pitched hipped slate roof with eaves soffit. Windows have moulded architraves and vertical-barred sashes, with console bracketed cornices to the ground floor windows. A two-storey right extension contains one three-light window. Access is via five steps to a half-glazed door with a rectangular fanlight set within a prostyle Doric porch of square columns, entablature and blocking course, topped by a cornice head.

No 49, also early to mid-19th century, is two storeys with basement and three windows. The gable-ended roof is slated with wide eaves. Yellow brick walls are stuccoed at the front. Recessed sash windows have moulded architraves and glazing bars; those on the ground floor carry console bracketed cornices. The entrance comprises six steps to a half-glazed door with margin lights and a rectangular fanlight, leading into a prostyle porch of square columns, entablature and blocking course (now partially filled at the sides). A set-back garage extension adjoins the left side.

No 51, early to mid-19th century, has two storeys, a basement and three windows. Yellow stock brick is used throughout. The low pitched hipped slate roof features deep eaves soffit. Windows are recessed with gauged flat brick arches and stucco-lined reveals; first-floor windows retain glazing bars. Ground floor windows are furnished with cast iron balconies. The entrance features a later enclosed stucco Doric porch with cast iron balustrade above. The half-glazed door sits in a moulded architrave. A curved wall on the right provides access to a rear annexe.

No 53, also early to mid-19th century, is two storeys with basement and three windows. It has a low pitched hipped slate roof with deep eaves soffit. Multicoloured stock brick walls feature gauged flat brick arches to the recessed windows in stucco-lined reveals; ground floor windows carry cast iron balconies. Five steps with a wrought iron handrail lead to a six-panel door (four upper panels now glazed) with cornice head and fanlight, housed in a wood Doric porch. A two-storey blank extension with small door adjoins the right side. Double gates provide access to a stable yard and later building. First-floor windows retain louvred shutters.

Nos 55 and 55a, formerly a single residence, form a distinguished pair of early to mid-19th century houses in the Michael Searles style. Each has two storeys, an attic and basement with two windows in the main block beneath a pedimented slate roof of moderately low pitch, deep eaves and soffit over the first floor. Two modern windows have been inserted in the tympanum. No 55 features a two-storey, two-bay left entrance extension with its left bay blank. No 55a has a modernised, slightly set-back right entrance extension of two bays on the ground floor and one bay on the first floor, with a further garage extension. Stuccoed walls characterise the pair. No 55's left wing displays a parapet front with rusticated outer quoin and two flat pilasters supporting a cornice. First-floor sash windows are set in reeded wood surrounds with blind cases. Ground floor long casement windows open to a balcony with round posts, trellised spandrels and a key pattern frieze beneath a swept lead roof. No 55 has seven steps leading to a four-panel door in a chamfered segmental arched reveal with large keystone.

No 57, dating to circa 1840 with subsequent alterations, is two storeys with three windows and a gable-ended slate roof with deep eaves. Stucco rendering covers the walls, with angle pilasters and a band at first-floor cill level. Recessed sash windows with glazing bars sit in flat chamfered stucco surrounds; first-floor windows retain louvred shutters. The entrance is a prostyle porch with square pilasters, entablature and blocking course, now filled with wood panelling and glazing at the sides and front. Canted bays on the returns at ground floor level carry entablature, blocking course and three sash windows each.