73-83, ST GEORGES ROAD

The building comprises a row of terraced houses, now used as shops, offices, and flats, dating from the early 19th century. The facades were originally stuccoed and scored to resemble ashlar, and this detailing remains visible on numbers 73, 75, 77, 78, 81, and 82. The roofs are slate on numbers 73, 81, and 82, tile on numbers 76, 77, and 78, with the remaining roofs obscured.

The houses are three storeys high, with dormers above a basement, and generally feature a single window on each floor. Significant remnants of original 19th-century shopfronts remain, with near-complete examples on numbers 74, 80, and 81; only an entablature survives on numbers 75-78. Above the ground floor, each unit has a consistent design. The first-floor windows have an architrave and entablature with a projecting sill, although the entablature is absent from number 75. Original 8x8 sash windows are present in all but numbers 73-77 and 79. The sashes of numbers 81 and 82 are dated to the mid-19th century. The second-floor windows are plainer and shorter, matching the width of the first-floor windows, and also have projecting sills and original 8x8 sash windows, except for numbers 78 and 83. A continuous entablature runs along the top of each elevation. Pilaster strips with a wave moulding are applied to the party walls, terminating in a bracket stop at the entablature. Remains of these pilasters on the party wall of number 74 suggest the original presence of shops on the ground floor. Number 83 has a flat-arched carriageway on its ground floor, leading to a mews behind. Traces of original moulded stacks remain visible on numbers 74 and 75’s party walls. The interior has not been inspected. The terrace forms a group with St George’s Church and the Sassoon Mausoleum.