42, 44 AND 46, CROOMS HILL SE10

Nos 42, 44, and 46 Crooms Hill are a group of early 19th-century and late 18th-century buildings forming part of a larger group of listed buildings on the west side of Crooms Hill, extending from numbers 6 to 46 (even), and also including numbers 38 and 40.

No. 42 is an early 19th-century building of three storeys and a basement, with two windows. It is constructed of yellow stock brick with a parapet. A moulded cornice band runs along the top, and stone bands act as cills to the first and second floors. The ground floor openings are round-headed and set within round-arched recesses with stone spring strings. The recessed sash windows have renewed glazing bars and are set under gauged brick arches. A flight of eight steps, with a wrought iron handrail, leads to the front door, which has six beaded panels and a patterned fanlight.

Nos 44 and 46 date to the late 18th century and are three storeys with a basement, with three windows to each pair. They are also constructed of yellow stock brick with a parapet. Recessed sash windows with glazing bars are present, with the ground floor windows being renewed and set under gauged brick arches. Ground floor windows are round-headed and set within round-arched recesses. The central entrance has a six-panel door with the two upper panels glazed, set within a fluted architrave that projects forward over the link between the two doors. The angles of the architrave are decorated with paterae and an elliptical, blind fanlight sits above. A flight of eight steps, with wrought iron handrails, leads to a Roman Doric porch with fluted columns, an entablature, and a blocking course.