St Catherine'S Terrace And Attached Railings

This is a terrace of five dwellings, now incorporating a hotel, built between 1852 and 1853. Later alterations occurred in the late 19th century and early to mid-20th century. The building is rendered over brickwork, with a hipped slate roof hidden behind a parapet and roughcast stacks. Originally planned as a single-fronted terrace of five units, the western two have been combined and extended to create the hotel. The terrace has three storeys over a basement. Originally, there was a full-height canted bay. The windows are sash windows, without glazing bars, except for those on the first floor, which include French casement windows and individual canopied balconies. The balconies feature cast-iron columns and balusters supported by ornamental cast-iron brackets. A pilaster porch is approached by a short flight of steps resting on a flying buttress over the area, and it has cast-iron railings with ornamental heads returning from the entrance along the street frontage. Subsequent alterations mean that no single unit remains as originally built; four of the original canopies survive, and the remains of a fifth are visible, along with some blind boxes. There are 20th-century doors. To the left (west) is a three-bay section with a deeply moulded cornice, sash windows without glazing bars, and a blocked pilaster porch, opening onto a late 19th and early 20th century hotel addition. The railings extend westwards to connect with number 1 Albany Villas.