Nos 2-36 And Attached Railings And Walls

This is a group of dwellings consisting of two terraces and six semi-detached villas built between 1880 and 1883, with minor alterations primarily to the dormer windows in the mid-to-late 20th century. Built by William Willett, the buildings are constructed of yellow stock bricks, with a lavish use of moulded and incised bricks for cornices, aprons, string courses and lintels. The basements are rendered, and the roofs are hipped, covered in concrete and slate, with some areas covered in bitumen. The buildings have tall stacks topped with ornamental coping.

The houses are arranged with a single frontage for the terrace, and a double frontage for the villas, separated by The Drive. They extend over three storeys, with an attic above a basement. The buildings feature full-height canted bays and segmental-headed window openings, with sash windows lacking glazing bars. The cills are carried on shaped brackets, and the round-arch head openings sit on rusticated piers with foliate capitals. The entrances have 6-panel doors, each with a fanlight and sidelights. Many windows retain blind boxes, and most door surrounds feature original coloured glass.

Numbers 1 to 12 (the terrace) have altered attic storeys, with number 12 having late 20th-century cast-iron balconies and French casement windows inserted at first floor level. Numbers 13 to 24 form six pairs of semi-detached villas. Numbers 17 and 18 are notable; number 18 is larger than the others, with a stepped-back return and evidence of original painted glass in the windows. Number 19, known as number 76 The Drive, has a large penthouse addition and a two-and-a-half-bay frontage returned onto Cromwell Road, with an original dormer still present. Numbers 23 and 24 retain one original dormer. The terrace numbers 25 to 36 have original dormers at numbers 30, 31 and 32.

Solid brick walls with moulded coping extend from the entrances along the street frontage, incorporating gatepiers. This is a fine group of buildings by William Willett.