7-12, QUEEN'S PLACE (See details for further address information)

This is a mews building, originally built in 1879 and altered in the 20th century. It now serves as garages with dwellings above, located between Queen’s Place and First Avenue, with some parts facing Second Avenue.

The building is constructed of yellow stock bricks with moulded brick used for quoins and other detailing. It has a shallow pitched hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves supported by shaped brackets at the east and west ends. Tall brick stacks with moulded caps are present. The mews has a south-facing range with a west front onto Second Avenue and an east front onto First Avenue, the First Avenue elevation being more complete.

The building is one-and-a-half storeys high and features a segmental-headed sash window breaking through the eaves, flanked by 2-light casements with multiple panes resting on keystones. Beneath this is a 3-bay segmental-headed blind arcade on the ground floor, with a 2-light window to the left, a smaller window to the right, and a central flat-roofed entrance porch supported by shaped brackets, featuring a leaded fanlight above a panelled door. A single-storey range adjoins to the south, featuring a bottle balustrade parapet. A pair of rusticated gatepiers with ball finials stand on the north side.

The west front has a segmental-headed dormer rising through the eaves. Three inserted windows with a single vertical glazing bar are located below the eaves. A segmental-headed opening, originally part of a blind arcade, is now obscured by the fascia of Fossey’s Garage. A central doorway is also present. A pair of rusticated gatepiers, originally with ball finials, are missing on the north side. A single-storey flat-roofed range dating to the same period is located to the south, with a segmental-headed window opening and 20th-century sash windows and a doorway to the left.

Properties 7 & 8 Queen’s Place are also known as 39 First Avenue, and property 13 Queen’s Place is known as 11A Second Avenue. The mews was shown on an Ordnance Survey map from 1875. It forms part of a group with numbers 2-6 Queen’s Place on the north side, opposite.