Albemarle Mansions including piers and walls returned along road frontage

This block of apartments, known as Albemarle Mansions, was built around 1870. It is constructed with a rendered brick exterior and concealed roofs behind a parapet. The building has an L-shaped layout, connecting to Victoria Terrace to the west and Medina Terrace to the south, with its main entrance on the north side.

The north front comprises three storeys plus a basement, with a 3:2 bay arrangement. A full-height canted bay is on the left, featuring sash windows without glazing bars. The building has a pierced parapet similar to that of Medina Terrace, a dentil moulded cornice, and a moulded string course. The first-floor windows are round-headed, with pediments above the second, fourth, and fifth bays. The ground floor has large keystones over the camber-headed window openings. A flat-roofed porch with a 20th-century wrought-iron balustrade occupies the first and second bays on the right. An arched opening, originally carried on piers, leads to a three-bay loggia; this loggia has since been infilled. Above the entrance is a fanlight and a panelled door. Two identical statues of a knight, approximately one metre high, have been added to the loggia.

The east return, or left side, consists of 1:3:3 bays, with two full-height canted bays and a rusticated ground floor. Cast-iron window box guards are positioned on the cills of the ground-floor windows. The facade is very similar to Medina Terrace, but one storey lower.

The walls and piers are a continuation of those that front Medina Terrace, extending to the entrance of Albemarle Mansions. They are constructed of rendered brick and terracotta, with rusticated piers having shallow pyramid caps. The walls have a moulded coping and a balustrade of interlocking circles. The building is included on the list for its group value.